Prof. Dr. Nabil Kazem Abdel-Saheb Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, participated in the first session of Al- Iraqia University Council activities for 2020/2021 academic year, and directed to get ready to organize all requirements for graduation of students and honor the top ones.
Prof. Dr. Nabil Kazem Abdel-Saheb chaired the University Council in presence of the Rector of the University, Prof. Dr. Ali Saleh Al-Jubouri, Assistant President for Administrative Affairs, Prof. Dr. Hassan Al-Tamimi, and Deans of the Faculties. The visit included an extended meeting with the University Council, during which a presentation of reality of work in its various aspects was discussed and several axes were discussed, including the amendment of students admission mechanism in evening studies and the extension of service and scientific promotions for some of the university’s teaching staff.
His Excellency listened also to the Deans’ proposals about university’s work system, curriculum development, broadcasting lectures online, and reducing the gap between university education and the needs of society in light of the spread of the new Corona virus pandemic .
Prof. Dr. Ali Saleh Al-Jubouri Rector of the University, welcomed Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Prof. Dr. Nabil Kazem Abdel-Saheb and his accompanying delegation, thanked them for the visit, while the Minister praised the university’s performance and its distinguished academic programs.
Minister of Education: (Demonstrators who demanding for appointment are not redundant and we are committed to enabling graduates to take up their jobs).
The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Prof. Dr. Nabil Kazem Abdel-Saheb, also affirmed that demonstrators demanding for appointment are not surplus to need, but rather are victims of the accumulated ill-planning in energies investment.
In his speech before Al-Iraqia University Council, His Excellence stated that Ministry of Education and its university institutions in which more than (sixteen thousand) contract employees performs their entrusted tasks and represents an actual need in universities and government institutes that deal with escalating inputs based on population growth.He also expressed the commitment of Ministry of Higher Education to deal firmly and earnestly with the file of higher degrees and first graduates in accordance with the contexts and legislation that allows state institutions to activate their job grades and enable different segments of graduates to take up their jobs if appointments are launched.
Finally His Excellence appreciated the effective engagement of private universities and colleges, which rushed to provide possible job opportunities for degree holders, and the positive endeavor to facilitate the effects of current repercussions on this important segment.
