By John Lee. A member of the employment committee in Erbil province has announced that 1,292 new teachers will be employed in the province. According to a report from AKnews, Hussein Kakil said it is necessary to fill the vacancies before schools re-open in September. The Kurdistan Regional Government is said to have 17,000 job […]
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Iraq Business News brings you the latest news on developments & opportunities in education and training in Iraq.
US Wasted $206m on Iraqi Police Development Program
By John Lee. A report by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) has found that $206 million was wasted on a program to train Iraqi police that Baghdad says is neither needed nor wanted. The Police Development Program (PDP) was to be a five-year multibillion-dollar program to train Iraq’s police forces, and was […]
IWPR Iraq Boosts Women's Media Skills
By Farah Ali. This article was originally published by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, iwpr.net, and it is reproduced by Iraq Business News with permission. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News Fourteen Iraqi women have undergone specialised IWPR training in […]
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400 Australian Scholarships for Iraqis
The Iraqi Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister, Ali Al Adeeb, has confirmed its agreement with Australia to grant 400 masters and Ph.D scholarships for Iraqi students in majors such as medicine, engineering, science and agriculture, according to a report from Alsumaria TV. On Friday he met with the Education Minister of Victoria state, an […]
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Grand Opening of Strategic Studies Center
Iraq celebrated the grand opening of the new Al-Nahrain Center for Strategic Studies during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 17, 2012 in Baghdad. The center was sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, in coordination with the Government of Iraq, as set out by the Strategic Framework Agreement. The June 17 opening ceremony launched a […]
Director of British Council in Iraq Awarded OBE
The Director of the British Council in Iraq has been awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. Brendan McSharry directs various educational and cultural programmes within the country and presents on these at international conferences. For the British Council, He has previously been country director of Bahrain, Palestine, Yemen and Zambia, as well […]
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CommLab Trains Delegates from Iraqi Oil Ministry
CommLab India has successfully completed a two-month eLearning training program for delegates from Ministry of Oil (MoO), Iraq. 24 professionals representing MoO were trained in all aspects of eLearning such as Instructional Design, Courseware development and Learning Management System at CommLab's premises in India. The officials received an in-depth understanding of the nuances of developing […]
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GardaWorld "Train the Trainers" Program in Kurdistan
GardaWorld, the Security Solutions business unit focused on emerging markets, announced today it has instituted an Instructor Development Course for its local national staff in Kurdistan designed to facilitate the training of local nationals in a broad range of security-related services and skills. Upon successfully completing the Course, graduates receive a UK City & Guilds […]
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Opportunities for Study and Travel to the US
The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has announced that we are now accepting applications for two U.S. Government-sponsored exchange programs focused on developing leadership, public service, and English teaching skills. The programs will provide Iraqi mid-career professionals and young teachers of English the opportunity to travel to the United States to improve their professional skills at […]
Women’s Empowerment Organization Offers Leadership Lessons
Ms. Suzan Aref, Director of the Women’s Empowerment Organization (WEO) in Erbil, recently gave a lesson in leadership to 45 students at the Mar Qaradakh School in Erbil. This school, which offers English language and computer training courses, is sponsored by the Start Social Development Organization in collaboration with the United States Consulate in Erbil. […]
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Seminar sets out how Kurdish Students are Supported in UK
Students on the Kurdistan Regional Government’s scholarship programme in the UK last week made presentations about their academic research and heard about the support that the KRG UK Representation provides to students at a seminar hosted by the Kurdistan Medical and Scientific Federation. The KMSF hosted the event at Aston University in Birmingham in what […]
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Microsoft Partners with KRG for 2nd Annual Imagine Cup
Microsoft and the KRG Department of Information Technology last week hosted the 2nd annual Imagine Cup 2012 - Kurdistan competition in Erbil. The competition is a global endeavor organized by Microsoft to spur students’ creativity in order to help solve the world’s toughest problems through technology. This year’s winning team, Mirage Tech, devised a software […]