The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Naeem Al-Aboudi, chaired the regular meeting of the opinion committee in the presence of advanced staff and presidents of public universities.
The Minister of Education directed all universities to respond and interact with the requirements required by the labor market and society’s need for developmental specializations, stressing the importance of preparing the necessary realistic plans regarding admission to postgraduate studies for the academic year 2024/2025 again, at the same time continuing to grant non-exclusive legal powers to universities and enabling them to achieve their mission. And its objectives in providing educational services.
The attendees discussed a project related to establishing an electronic system for managing and supervising the scientific and administrative procedures for postgraduate students, while the presidents of technical universities reviewed a number of proposals that would strengthen the environment of technical institutes and stimulate their climate in attracting students according to studied proportions.
The members of the opinion committee voted on a set of decisions, including:
▪️ Adopting the recommendations of the Training of Trainers (TOT) course regarding psychological counseling and educational guidance formations and activating its activities in all universities.
▪️ Setting a time limit not to exceed three months to submit plans for public and private universities and their colleges and departments to complete the requirements for institutional and program accreditation.
▪️Approval to introduce evening studies in the Department of Cybersecurity at the College of Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of Mosul.
▪️ Approval to grant postgraduate students transferred from outside Iraq, in accordance with the regulations, a new study leave in terms of the duration of study and its promise in terms of contractual obligations to complement the study outside Iraq, with the student’s commitment to serve twice the period of study inside and outside Iraq in order to guarantee the financial amounts disbursed by their departments.
▪️ Addressing the case of scholarship students, fellowship students, and study leave students who have previously been considered dismissed from the job for not returning after obtaining the contracted certificate by requiring them to fulfill the contractual obligation of serving twice the period of study in state departments after their appointment by the Federal Service Council, provided that there are no decisions. Judicial orders obliging them to pay the sums of money spent on them.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the Minister of Education urged to stimulate solid scientific research and publishing and to disburse a financial reward worth three million dinars and a letter of thanks and appreciation to teachers who publish their research in scientific journals affiliated with (Nature and Science Journals) and (TOP Journals in Shanghai Ranking).
Department of Information and Government Communications
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
January 25, 2024
