On Monday, the 26th of February, 2024, Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the Erbil Polytechnic University, led a delegation to participate in the “Roadmap Meeting to Combat Drugs and Psychological Effects” arranged by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
In the meeting session, the minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and several presidents of public and private universities, members of the High Committee to Fight Drugs, consultants, general directors, teachers, researchers, lawyers and experts.
The delegation of the Erbil Polytechnic University consisted of Asst. Prof. Yousef Mustafa Rasul, the Vice Rector for Student Affairs; Dr. Hataw Karim, and Dr. Ali Abdullah Saleh, academic staff of our University, Mr. Sarmand Nasraddin, the Administrative Director of the University Presidency and also an activist in the field of fighting drugs.
After reading several speeches, the agenda of the meeting started. For this purpose, two panels were held by Dr. Sabah Ibrahim Wais, the consultant of the Minister of Higher Education; Dr. Khatab Ahmad Mustafa, the Director of Education, Planning and Monitoring, the researchers and experts in the field discussed different aspects of drugs and expressed different opinions on how to set the roadmap of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research to combat drugs and psychotropic substances.
The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Kurdistan Regional Government, has a major role in spreading awareness, capacity building, research and development, integrating drug issues into curricula, scientific use of media, social media and technology, as well as activating student counseling centers in universities to combat drugs and psychotropic substances. A special high committee has been formed with the participation of representatives of all ministries.
In this context, Erbil Polytechnic University has actively participated in the drafting of the roadmap to combat drugs, which is supervised by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
