On Thursday, the 22nd of February, 2024, in the presence of Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University; Dr. Zhala Saeed Khatat, the General Director of the Research and Development Office of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and the Vice Rectors of the University ended the eighth course of pedagogy in a ceremony and certificates were distributed on the participants of the course.
At the beginning of the ceremony, the Rector of the university delivered a speech in which he welcomed and congratulated the graduates and shed light on the importance of the course and said:
“On behalf of the council of the Erbil Polytechnic University, we want to congratulate the teachers who continued to teach the course for six months, especially those teachers who came from outside Erbil Polytechnic University and participated with us I express my gratitude towards. We also congratulate you teachers who successfully completed the course. After completing this course and obtaining this certificate you can apply to become a teacher in one of the universities in the Kurdistan Region.
In another part of his speech, the Rector said that pedagogical courses are a requirement to apply a request and become university teachers, the influence of the course that lasted for six months will have a great effect and very useful for you, a very good start to become a successful teacher. We have been university teachers for 30 years and we still need to study and prepare ourselves. We are trying to learn more about the sacred profession of teaching. Teaching is a sea and we must try to learn more every day and be successful especially in the university. You will not become a qualified and successful teacher with just one course. Suppose you have an average knowledge in your field and do not have many privileges, but you can be an excellent teacher and be much better than the teachers who have privileges. Therefore, from now and on and after receiving this certificate, build yourselves and become an excellent teacher which is important for us because you are here to become teachers, I warmly congratulate you and hope you serve successfully in Kurdistan universities.”
At the end of the ceremony, graduation certificates were awarded to the teachers participated in the eighth course of pedagogy at the Erbil Polytechnic University.
It is worth mentioning that the attendees of the eighth course of pedagogy in the Erbil Polytechnic University consisted of 69 students who supervised a number of teachers inside and outside the Erbil Polytechnic University for six months.
