DUBAI: Hussain bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi, Minister of Education affirmed that UAE will continue to harness the potentials and create ways and close cooperation between the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, GCC, to benefit from science and technology supported by research, to find solutions to common challenges, encourage youth to innovate and entrepreneurship, develop infrastructure, legal and regulatory legislation, and employ technology for the development of government services.
In his opening address, while chairing the 20th virtual meeting of the GCC Ministers of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Al Hammadi said that it is important to monitor their implementation and incorporate them in strategic plans and aspects of the educational process. He also noted the need to strengthen coordination and work, and exchange experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic and its direct effects on education systems, and to overcome the repercussions.
He stated that a new chapter of cooperation and work that reflects an educational scene promoting scientific research, relying on technology, employing technology and Artificial Intelligence, and devoting innovation in higher education institutions will be sought.
The Ministry of Education had launched the National Strategy for Higher Education 2030 during the Annual Meetings of UAE Government in September 2017 to build and achieve the highest scientific and professional education standards to serve the UAE’s future generations.
He said, “The UAE proposes that the recommendations issued by the education workshop in light of the pandemic be studied by a high-level committee, with the support of the General Secretariat, to determine priorities and maintain strategic recommendations.”
Dr. Nayef Al Hajraf, Secretary-General of the GCC, noted that the most important challenges facing higher education institutions are the development of the knowledge economy, which is based on the production, dissemination, and use of knowledge and information in various productive and service activities, the advancement of society and its transformation into a knowledge society.
The frameworks to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, GCC strategic cooperation plan for higher education and scientific research were also discussed in the meeting.
Source: wam.ae
