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The Erbil Polytechnic University Rector Prof. Dr. Edrees Muhamad Tahir Harki  accompanied by the Vice Rector for Scientific Affairs and Higher Education, the Directors of Research Center, the Language Center, and the Pedagogy Center of our university participated in a seminar entitled (Global Campaign for an Equal and Fair Education).

The seminar which was held on Monday, the 6^th February, 2023 at the headquarters of the Kurdistan Teachers Union, was part of the Global Campaign for Learning launched by the International Organization for Education.

In the seminar the attendees discussed the aspects that need to be addressed in the campaign, especially those related to how to prepare teachers and how to strengthen the relationship between the two Ministries of Education and the Higher Education and Scientific Research. They also discussed the problems facing education in the Kurdistan Region.

Discussing how the private sector can cooperate in the education process, as well as teachers’ livelihoods in schools and teaching materials were the other topics of the seminar.

In general, the seminar shed light on all the factors related to the education and teaching process.

On Tuesday, December 17, 2023, in the presence of the Rector of the University, Prof. Idris Mohammed Tahir Harki, Minister of Reconstruction and Housing Dana Abdulkarim, President of Tişk International University Idris Hadi, Erbil Governor Omid Khoshnaw and a number of government officials, in the meeting hall of the General Directorate of Roads and Reconstruction of Erbil held the closing ceremony of an engineering course that was opened for engineers of the Ministry of Reconstruction.

In his speech, the Rector congratulated the supervisors and participants of the course and said that Erbil Polytechnic University is always ready to work together and assist government institutions in various fields to improve the scientific level and skills of local employees to serve Kurdistan.

In the ceremony, the Minister of Reconstruction and Housing delivered a speech in which he expressed his pleasure for opening such courses and thanked the supervisors of the course and emphasized on more coordination and joint work between the Ministry of Reconstruction and Housing and Kurdistan universities especially engineering colleges. He said: “Many important projects in Kurdistan, especially roads, are carried out by the Ministry of Reconstruction and Housing, which makes the role and influence of universities continue to play an important role in providing technical assistance to engineers supervising projects.

Erbil Polytechnic University jointly with Tishk International University supervised the course that lasted for three months in which 70 engineers of this ministry attended and the lectures were presented by 10 lecturers of both universities. At the end of the ceremony, graduation certificates were awarded to the engineers and honorary certificates were awarded to the teachers.