The minister of higher education and scientific research, Dr. Naim al-Aboudi, stressed the intensification of postgraduate programs related to industrial, economic and developmental problems.
In his speech during the first conference of the Industrial Advisory Council at Iraqi universities in 2023, he urged to link the curricula directly to the needs of industrial enterprises and review them regularly to meet all changes in the global environment and achieve more coordination and cooperation between universities, companies, sectoral ministries, unions and related organizations through industrial advisory councils in an effective, transparent and sustainable manner and labor market cooperation with universities in order to transfer market requirements to curricula, study programs, scientific research and agree on areas of training and qualification.
He explained that the conference coincides with the completion of the first year of the work of the Ministry of higher education and scientific research and the establishment of qualitative achievements in terms of qualifying the competent scientific staff, conducting research and community service, pointing out that it is an important part of the ministry’s priorities in supporting the private sector and creating job opportunities through the establishment of appropriate climates based on scientific knowledge as an effective tool in development and development.
The conference activities witnessed a number of speeches delivered by the chairman of the Parliamentary Education Committee, Dr. muzahem Al-Khayat, the chairman of the Higher Committee for the development of education in Iraq, Dr. Hamid Khalaf, and the undersecretary of the ministry for scientific research, Dr. Haider Abdul Dahad, as well as presentations and seminars in which experts, researchers, consultants, representatives of ministries, unions and organizations participated.
