Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University participated in the fourth meeting of the Committee for the Development of Technical and Vocational Education held in Baghdad, Iraq.
In a meeting where the president of the Duhok Polytechnic University, the Sulaymaniya University and other polytechnic universities in Iraq participated they discussed the steps to develop and promote technical and vocational education in order to create job opportunities for young people.
In the meeting, which was supported by UNESCO and the European Union Representation in Iraq, the common views of Kurdistan polytechnic universities were presented by the Rector of the Duhok Polytechnic University, Prof. Dr. Ari Adel. She emphasized on the necessity to support polytechnic universities especially in the pedagogy course specialized for Technical colleges and institutes in the field of technical and vocational education, as well as paying attention to tourism departments in technical colleges and institutes in order to promote the tourism sector in general and in the Kurdistan Region in particular.
The Kurdistan Regional Government delegation also discussed the program and presented their comments on the shortcomings of the program and also presented several points to further strengthen the future plan of the program.
