The United Arab Emirates University begins
implementation of an automation program instead of books in basic education
programs starting this new scholastic year, this program will cover (80)
percent of all disciplines and faculties by the year 2016.
This comes in response to the directives of his
Excellency Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and University
President Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan who during a meeting with
academic leadership and faculty members at the University last June said
that" the whole educational process in the University aims to bring
students to an appropriate and ambitious stage which corresponds to the
aspirations of the cultural renaissance of the UAE and to meet the requirements
of the labor markets ". His Excellency also stipulated development paths
and work methods for the development of the institutional work of the
University through a strategic plan for the period from 2014 to 2016.
This was confirmed by the results of a recent
study by HSBC bank regarding the driving factors behind higher education
options in (8) distinct markets around the world, and that (84%) of students in
the UAE have chosen to pursue their studies in applied fields led by Business,
Engineering, Medical and Health Sciences, Information Technology, and Law.
Which are the disciplines that constitute the requirements of the labor markets
in the vital sectors of the State, to achieve naturalization and reach UAE
vision 2021.
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