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In his visit to the Bahdinan area of Kurdistan, His Excellency Prof. Dlawer Abdulaziz Ala’Aldeen, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MHESR), made a stop at UoD on February 7th, 2010. The minister met with the University Board and heads of departments at Khani hall in the UoD presidency.

The Minister spoke about the new strategy of his ministry in which quality assurance is the number one priority. The scientific competition among Kurdistan universities and the independency of universities in a new and democratic system were other important issues the minister explained.

Prof. Dlawer said; “the full independency of universities is not easily achieved; we need years to reach this goal.

There would be a new framework for universities in which university instructors, students and people of the city will participate.

The framework would be set in the first year and adopted in the second.

Therefore, Kurdistan universities will have their independence supervised by the ministry”.
The Minister ended his speech by pointing out two issues; implementing Teaching Quality Assurance based on student and staff evaluation for which a plan has presented by the Ministry, which would be established next year; and the sending of university staff members abroad for 6 to 12 months to become familiar with the up to date teaching methods and research in well-known institutions world wide.


At the end, the attendees participated in discussions giving opinions and suggestions, and a number of the instructors passed their points of view to the Minster.

In another meeting the Minister met separately with the university professors who do not have any administration positions at the university.

To read about the new strategy of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research please visit

Lastupdate: 2009-06-28 10:53:21