After the signing of a contract between the Erbil Polytechnic University and the Korek Telecommunication Company, two advanced laboratory equipment from Germany were provided for the (ICTE) Department of the Erbil Technology College by the company. On Wednesday, the 15th of March, 2023, two lecturers of the college began training on the equipment in Germany.
The laboratory equipment consists of (Communication System) and (Control System) manufactured by the German company (LN) and purchased by the Korek Telecommunication Company. Sivan Hussein Ali and M. Jabbar Majid Sadiq, a teacher at Erbil College of Technology, will be trained in Germany for a week. As a part of the contract, the Erbil Technology College lecturers Ms. Sivan Hussein Ali and Mr. Jabbar Majid Sadiq will be trained in Germany for a week.
On Thursday, the 9th of March, 2023, in the presence of the University Rector, Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the President of the Kurdistan Syndicate of Engineers Engineer Omar Qarani, and the Dean of Erbil Engineering Technical College Prof. Dr. Ayad Zaki, the competition (Pervious Concrete) was held for students of six Kurdistan governmental universities.
After the welcoming speech by the Dean of Erbil Technical Engineering College, Prof. Dr. Ayad Zaki, the Rector of the University, Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harkidelivered a speech in which he said: “At the beginning, I would like to congratulate the organizers of this competition in the Technical Engineering College of the Erbil Polytechnic University. Ladies and Gentlemen, such activities are considered as another lesson for students or another way of studying. We as the Erbil Polytechnic University always support such activities.
When Dr. Rafah suggested the Competition idea, I supported her a lot. Fortunately, in March, which is the month of encouraging us as Kurdish Nation, they were able to hold this competition.
We hope that such celebrations and activities will continue. So, today we congratulate the students on the March occasions and performing the competition and wish them continuity.
I also want to express my warm gratitude towards the sponsors of this event and welcome the 22 groups from 6 different universities who have participated with us today. We wish them all success, I hope this competition will be another incentive to learn more about their sciences so that they can easily find job opportunities in the future and work in their field. Congratulations again and welcome.”
Then, the competition program began in which the level of the groups were close to each other. After successive competition, the Duhok University students group and the Erbil Polytechnic University students group could won reach top one and two.
The jury Committee of the competition consisted of: Dr. Bahman Omar Taha and Dr. Rafah Rashid Abdulmajid from the Erbil Polytechnic University and Dr. Dilshad Khadr Bzeni, Dr. Sirwan Khader Mullah, and Ms. Payam Ismail Abdulrahman at the Salahaddin University-Erbil.
It is worth mentioning that the competition was sponsored by the Kurdistan Syndicate of Engineers, Hendsteel Company, Forebridge Company, Car Group, Sika Company, RMG Company, and Build Tech.
Finally, certificates and awards were presented to the supervisors, judges, and the top one and two groups
On Wednesday, the 8th of March, 2023, in the presence of the Rector of the University, Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki, the Dean of the Erbil Technical Administrative Institute Asst. Prof. Dr. Barzo Dizeyi, lecturers, and students ended a miniature football tournament that was opened for students of all departments of the Erbil Technical Administrative Institute, which consisted of 16 teams.
In the final match of the league, the Media and Translation departments were able to end the match in their favor and won the match by (2) goals to (1) goal in the translation department and became the champion of the league.
Then the University Rector and the Dean of the Erbil Technical Administrative Institute distributed awards to the supervisors and managers of the league and the champions and the best players of both teams, which were as follows: the Top scorer of the league was Las in the Translation Team, the best goalkeeper was Ahmad in the Media Team, and the best player was Muslim in the Media Team.
After participating in a training course regarding the tourism and construction fields, the participants were received certificate. In the celebration, the Rector of Erbil Polytechnic University Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki was present.
The ceremony was held at the Erbil Castle in which the European Union Representative in Iraq, the Director of the International Relations Office of the university presidency, Asst. Prof. Dr. Ranj Sirwan Abdullah and a number of other guests participated.
His Excellency Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki delivered a speech in which he thanked the course presenters for appointing the Erbil Polytechnic University to implement the course for youth skills development for university graduates and young people from other cities in the Kurdistan Region and youth in West Kurdistan who achieved job opportunities through this course.
Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki pointed out the role of the university that in addition to serving as a scientific and academic center at the same time plays a great role in serving the society, and expressed his pleasure that Erbil Polytechnic University serves Erbil Castle in two ways. On the one hand, a number of teachers of the university participated in the course to develop youth skills as lecturers and on the other hand a number of the university alumni were participants of the course.
Afterwards, certificates were distributed on the participants.
It is worth mentioning that 40 people participated in this course, within 20 days they were trained in the field of tourism and archeology and then they were given the opportunity to participate in the renovation process of the Erbil Castle, which is on the UNESCO list of historical monuments.
The opening of this training course and providing job opportunities for a number of young people is part of the efforts of our university with the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the financial support of the European Union and UNESCO.
