The Prime Minister Mr. Masrour Barzani, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Aram Mohammed Qadir, and the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Marmon Mohammed Al-Dabai, the General Secretary of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Jordan, a number of ministers of the Kurdistan Regional Government, deputy ministers and dozens of academic leaders and presidents of universities in Jordan and the Kurdistan Region a meeting of higher education between the Kurdistan Region and Jordan was held in Erbil entitled “Depicting the future through continuous development”.
A delegation of Erbil Polytechnic University led by Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Rector of the University, Asst. Prof. Dr. Botan Majid Ahmed, the Vice Rector for Scientific Affairs and Higher Education, Prof. Dr. Kayhan Zrar Ghafoor, the Dean of the Erbil Technology College, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Abdulkhaliq Nader Qadir, the Dean of Shaqlawa Technical College participated in the meeting.
The ceremony began with a moment of respect for the souls of the martyrs and the national anthem, then the speech of the organizing committee and preparation of the meeting, read by Dr. Mohammed Hussein, the President of the Supervision and Quality Assurance Agency. He highlighted the organization and different aspects of the meeting and said: The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the Kurdistan Region, which hosts this meeting, emphasizes its seriousness in consolidating its vision and duties to lay a strong foundation for work Togetherness and loyalty in order to raise the status of higher education, as the cornerstone and strengthening the foundations of building the future of society and make an important contribution to the rapid development of our world.
At the end of his speech, he thanked all the parties and institutions that helped and coordinated to arrange and conduct the meeting, for which he thanked Dr. Aram Mohammed Qadir, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Kurdistan Regional Government The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in Erbil, and thanked the TISHK International University , Jihan University-Erbil, Lebanese-French University, University of Knowledge, that were the main supporters and sponsors of the meeting.
In the opening ceremony, Prime Minister Mr. Masrour Barzani delivered a speech and assured that the promotion and development of education and academic institutions is one of our priorities and we want our universities and academic centers to be at the level of rapid development of this era Help our infrastructure development process.
In his speech, he mentioned the agenda of the ninth cabinet to pay attention to the higher education sector and said: Promoting and developing education and academic centers and institutions, one of our priorities, because we want our universities and academic centers “Although we have faced many crises in recent years, no matter how many problems and crises we have, they will never cool us from paying full attention to the development of our education and universities,” he said Help us find solutions to the problems and crises we face and through a scientific plan and roadmap, assist the government to continue its comprehensive reform program.
In another part of the meeting, a video about the reality of higher education in the Kurdistan Region was shown, which was prepared by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Kurdistan Region, about the situation of higher education in the past, present and future.
In the meeting, Mr. Fuad Majali, the General Consul of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in Erbil; the General Secretary of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Marmon Mohammed al-Dabai, delivered separate speeches, which highlighted the various aspects and the need to hold the meeting, then a short video about higher education in Jordan was shown.
In another part of the ceremony, Dr. Sabah Ibrahim, the Consultant of the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Kurdistan Region; Dr. Marmon Mohammed al-Dabai, Secretary General of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, made a separate presentation on the structure of the ministry and the progress of higher education.
Another important aspect of the meeting was the signing of an agreement between Dr. Aram Mohammed Qadir, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Dr. Marmon Mohammed Al-Daba’i, the General Secretary of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Jordan that It includes several important articles and points on the roadmap for the development of scientific and academic relations between the two sides for joint work and service to both countries.
Other topics of the meeting were devoted to presenting several panels on different aspects of higher education in Jordan and the Kurdistan Region, which were specifically (quality assurance in higher education, scientific research, continuing education, internationalization of higher education, Technical and vocational education and training, entrepreneurship and innovation in higher education with information technology and artificial intelligence).
