The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Naeem Al-Aboudi, announced that more than six hundred specialized departments in the colleges of engineering and science in public and private universities will witness the application of the Bologna track procedures in the upcoming academic year 2023/2024.
This came during his chairmanship of a meeting of the advanced staff, in the presence of members of the central committee and sub-committees for the implementation of the Bologna track in universities, where the Minister of Higher Education explained that the Bologna track represents the most important priorities of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, pointing to the importance of doubling the efforts of the committees responsible for implementing this track in more than six hundred departments in the colleges of engineering and science with the beginning of the new academic year.
The meeting reviewed the guide for accrediting the Bologna track in universities, and what is related to admission, registration, tests, and ensuring the quality of application of procedures, especially the curriculum guides, the study program, the study subjects, the description of the study subjects, and the electronic system for managing the educational process.
The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Naeem Al-Aboudi, confirmed that the universities and their colleges bear the responsibility for implementing the Bologna track and the success of its procedures, pointing out that the assessment of the university institution and its leaders will be done in light of the indicators of implementation and the interaction achieved, calling at the same time to invest the new variable provided by this track in linking university majors to the labor market.
The meeting discussed a number of topic on the agenda, including the course of updating curricula in university majors and the file of facilitating procedures related to citizens' affairs, while the Minister of Higher Education stressed that maximum efforts should be made in this and enabling citizens to achieve their goals within specific times and governing administrative and legal contexts.
