Iraq Business News brings you the latest news on developments & opportunities in education and training in Iraq.
The recent two-day skills development event run by GetEnergy in Basra a few weeks ago attracted 120 participants from 20 international companies. Nihad Moosa, the Director General of Development and Training at Iraq's Ministry of Oil, delivered the opening speech announcing the Ministry's policies in the areas training and learning. Workshops conducted over the following […]
Basra University has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Iran's Martyr Jamran University to enhance scientific and cultural exchange. University president Dr. Saleh Ismail told Iraq's National Media Center that the university aims to develop the abilities of its teaching staff, and use the expertise of international universities in the fields of science and […]
The University of Salford, in the United Kingdom, is to work with the University of Basra, Iraq, to set up a centre for research in the built environment, with the aim of providing skills and knowledge as the country seeks to rebuild. As the UK’s leading research centre for built environment, Salford will help the […]
The University of Cincinnati is one of only a handful of American universities to be selected for an international partnership to rebuild Iraq’s educational system and its economy. UC President Gregory H. Williams and Salahaddin University-Hawler President Ahmed Anwar Dezaye celebrated the partnership in a formal Nov. 4 partnership-agreement-signing ceremony at the UC Teachers College. […]
Iraq's Oil Ministry announced on Sunday that it has allocated $60m [72 billion Iraqi dinars] from the international licensing contracts sold this year to the development of technical skills amongst Iraqi employees working in the oil sector. At a press conference in Basra, the training director of the ministry’s technical institute, Ali Rahim Fayyad, told […]
Eleven young Kurds finished a two-month course to learn Korean in a program sponsored by the LG company and the Kurdish-Korean Friendship Association. The programs aim wa to enhance bilateral cultural relations. "Learning the Korean language is a major link towards understanding the culture. Teaching the Korean language to Kurdish students is definitely a step […]
Iraq’s South Oil Company has organized a special conference on the strategy of the Iraqi Oil Ministry in the field of training and technology transportation, with the participation of major specialized global companies, the company’s Training Director said on Sunday. Hassib Attiya said “the activity of the strategic conference for training and technology transportation began […]
Representatives from the Ministries of Education, Higher Education and Finance from Baghdad and the Kurdish Regional Government gathered in Erbil during a three-day meeting for the modernisation of the education sector in Iraq. From 23 to 25 September, 2010, UNESCO and UNICEF launched the first national workshop for education of the joint "Iraq Public Sector […]
The Education Ministry has confirmed plans to offer new staff to schools nationwide, depending on their needs. An official source in the ministry said that schools in the outskirts of Baghdad, and in other provinces which suffered security problems, like Mosul, Diyala, and Anbar, will be given priority.
The German School in Erbil, Kurdistan-Iraq was officially opened on 16 September by Safin Muhsin Dizayee, the Regional Government’s Education Minister, Nihad Qoja, the Chairman of the School Association and Stefan Bantle, the Head of the German Consulate-General in Erbil. It is thus the newest of a total of more than 130 German schools abroad […]
A new building for the College of Agriculture in southern Iraq’s Wassit University has been opened by the Rector of the University, Jawad Al-Mousawi. “The new 3-story building, accommodating 140 male and female students, includes 6 study halls, 4 laboratories, a large conference hall, and another computer centre for scientific and academic purposes,” the University’s […]
On the occasion of International Literacy Day, UNESCO calls on national institutions and civil society to join forces to promote literacy for all as a tool for inclusive and sustainable development in Iraq. “I take this occasion to call upon governments, international organizations, civil society and the private sector to scale up their support to […]
