The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Naeem Al-Aboudi, opened the work of the international conference on the future of education and vocational and technical training in Iraq, in cooperation with UNESCO and the European Union.
In his speech during the conference, which will be held for the period (May 15-16, 2024), which sheds light on international trends and their extent and suitability to the national strategy for education in Iraq (2022-2031), he stressed the progress of modernizing educational curricula and training programs, enhancing students’ skills, and continuing cooperation with international organizations to meet standards. Globalism.
He explained that the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and its institutions are moving forward with confident steps to keep pace with the changes in knowledge and the movement of technical skills through the development and development of educational policies and strategies that meet national needs and are in line with international trends in this field, pointing to the modernization of educational curricula and training programs in order to enhance students’ skills and qualify them for effective engagement in the labor market. Local and global.
The Minister of Education continued that Iraqi universities specialized in technical fields have been focusing efforts and intensifying work on developing the technical and vocational education sector, which constitutes the basic infrastructure for developing human talent and capabilities, which represents a pivotal detail in supporting the national economy, which necessitated that the national strategy for education in Iraq include a specific goal: Integrating theory and practice and enhancing innovation and creativity through applied education, which is a catalyst for sustainable development.
The conference activities included a large academic presence and representation of Iraqi technical universities, speeches from the Ministry of Education, the Executive Director of the Supreme Committee for Educational Development in the Office of the Prime Minister, the representative of the Kurdistan region, and representatives of the European Union and UNESCO in Iraq, in addition to sessions that highlighted the sustainable development goals related to technical and vocational training education and the UNESCO training strategy. Education and development of the main strategic paths and directions of education and training in Iraq, the digital transformation of education and training in Iraq, and the practices responsible for achieving links with the labor market.
Department of Information and Government Communications
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
May 15, 2024
