The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research stressed the investment of Iraq’s international partnership with UNESCO in the fields of green education, achieving sustainable development goals, and confronting environmental challenges.
He said in his speech during the opening of the National Conference on Green Education, in the presence of the Acting Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, Mr. Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, and a number of representatives, representatives of UNESCO and international organizations, deputies, university presidents, and deans of public and private colleges, that Iraq is part of the global partnership with UNESCO in the fields of green education, and this stage It requires moving towards a future that relies on sustainable work, which must be based on the higher education sector as a vital basis for achieving development goals and uncovering environmental challenges.
The Minister of Education urged Iraqi academic institutions to enhance the fields of scientific research, capacity building, and enhance awareness and education of the importance of preserving the environment, noting that this type of interest stems from the tasks and responsibilities of higher education in achieving development goals and devoting serious and persistent efforts to formulating curricula and providing scientific and laboratory capabilities that constitute a map. An integrated way to undermine future challenges.
In this context, the Acting Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, and the Chairman of the Parliamentary Higher Education Committee, Dr. Muzahim Al-Khayyat, praised the indicators of scientific development in Iraqi higher education and scientific research institutions, the advancement of international classification platforms, and the achievement of productive partnerships in a green education environment, while the Undersecretary for Scientific Research Affairs, Dr. Haider, presented Abdel Dahd and the representative of the UNESCO Office, Mr. Tam Mayzon, gave a presentation on sustainable development paths and the scientific research index in this field.
Department of Information and Government Communications
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
February 19, 2024
