The President of the Republic, Dr. Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid, stressed the importance of developing universities through cooperation and coordination with their peers in the world.
A presidential statement said that the President of the Republic received a delegation of university presidents, including Munir Al-Saadi, President of the University of Baghdad, Ahmed Al-Ghabban, President of the University of Technology, Ali Al-Jubouri, President of the Iraqiya University, Thamer Al-Kadhimi, President of Al-Karkh University, Abdul Mohsen Naji, President of the Middle Technical University.
During the meeting, the President of the Republic stressed, according to the statement, the need to prioritize the scientific aspect and its sobriety to graduate students who possess scientific and academic foundations, pointing out that Iraqi universities are among the oldest in the region and have a good reputation and scientific sobriety in the world, and they graduated brilliant scientific and academic elites working within country and outside it.
The President indicated that he will conduct field visits to Iraqi universities, stressing the importance of the private sector having a role in absorbing graduate students.”
The president pointed out “the importance of developing universities through cooperation and coordination with their peers in the world as well as with international practical and research centers, stressing the need to improve the reality of private colleges, and pay attention to developing curricula for students, and the need to support the first and distinguished to develop their skills and benefit from their capabilities.”
For their part, university presidents expressed their thanks to the President of the Republic for his keenness to enhance the status of universities, stressing that their institutions have taken plans to raise the scientific level and increase the number of students on scholarship abroad. They also pointed out the importance of coordination with civil and government companies.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency