The opinion committee of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research voted on a decision to honor the top outstanding student in the assessment exam for the medical and health group in public universities and to exempt the top three outstanding students in the same exam from tuition fees in private universities and colleges.
The meeting of the Opinion Commission, which was chaired by the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Naim Al-Aboudi, discussed the indicators of assessment exams that were taken by one hundred and twenty-nine thousand and three hundred and ninety students in public and private universities within the specializations of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, and medical laboratory techniques, and the members voted on a number of decisions in this regard. :
▪️ Honoring the top outstanding student in the assessment exam in public universities with a financial reward.
▪️ Assigning deans committees (dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, health and medical technical specialties) to specify additional subjects in the asessment exam for the academic stages instead of two subjects.
▪️ Inclusion of engineering colleges (third and fourth stages), law colleges (second, third and fourth stages) and engineering techniques (third and fourth stages) in the exam.
▪️ Exempting the top three students in the assessment exam in private universities and colleges from tuition fees by 100% for the first student, 50% for the second student, and 25% for the third student.
▪️ Suspending the development of medical laboratory departments in private universities and colleges, except in cases of scientific partnership with public universities.
▪️ Suspension of admission for a full academic year for departments whose success rate was less than 10%.
▪️ Taking the necessary measures against the dean of the college, the head of the department, and the teaching staff, against the background of not reaching 30% in the grades of the assessment exam, and deducting a percentage of the capacity of the lagging departments.
The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Naeem Al-Aboudi, urged all universities to take care of students and enable them to master the philosophy and skills of the disciplines included in the evaluation exam, which achieved positive results in evaluating the performance indicators of the educational process in the medical and health fields that directly affect the life of society.
The meeting discussed other topics on the agenda of the eighth regular meeting of the opinion committee, and voted affirmatively on each of the following:
▪️ Increasing the admission plan for the morning private public education channel at Jaber Bin Hayyan University of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Ibn Sina Medical Sciences, in a way that is equivalent to its plan for central admission.
▪️ Introducing the evening study in the Department of Electronic and Communications Engineering at the College of Engineering at Al-Qadisiyah University and the Department of Archeology at the College of Arts at Samarra University.
The Minister of Higher Education concluded the meeting of the opinion commission with guidance on intensifying scientific and procedural efforts related to adopting the Bologna track in the colleges of engineering and science, enhancing cooperation in the fields of scientific research with researchers in international universities, improving quality and enhancing its environment, in a way that contributes to the development of Iraqi universities’ positions in international rankings.
Department of Media and Government Communication
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
August 10, 2023
