Deputy Speaker of the Council of Representatives, Dr. Shakhwan Abdullah, discusses with the Ministry of Higher Education in the Kurdistan Region… ways to enhance cooperation with the Ministry of Higher Education in the federal government in coordination with the Parliamentary Higher Education Committee.

.. The Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, Dr. Shakhwan Abdullah Ahmed, received in his official office in Baghdad today, Sunday, 10/15/2023, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Higher Education in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Dr. Abdel Fattah Abdel Razzaq Mahmoud, and a delegation from the advanced staff in the ministry, the meeting was attended by Representative Dr. Nahla Qadir Al-Afandi, a member of the Parliamentary Higher Education Committee, and Mr. Bakhtiyar Haji Hamad, Director General of Relations and Follow-up in the Regional Government Representation in Baghdad, topics related to ways to strengthen joint cooperation mechanisms between the Ministries of Higher Education in the Federal Government and the Kurdistan Regional Government were discussed, in coordination with the Parliamentary Higher Education Committee.

The Deputy Speaker, in the context of the conversation, stressed the importance of continuing work and coordination between the two ministries, with the support of the Parliamentary Higher Education Committee, to reach common goals in order to enhance the scientific process and address the problems and obstacles facing graduate students, the file for recognizing certificates and a fair distribution of scholarships in proportion to the size of the governorates, and unifying admission conditions and instructions among all Iraqi universities.

Media Office of the Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament
Sunday, October 15, 2023