The Higher Education In Iraq Challenges And Recommendations
Abstract
Without adequate higher education and research institutions providing a critical skilled and educated people, no country can ensure endogenous and sustainable development. Hence well organized and fully supported and good quality of higher education and scientific researchers are considered as the heart of any country to get an access to the progress in the daily live.
Iraq has faced in recent years a series of conflicts that led to a rapid deterioration of infrastructure and basic social services, the higher education is one of the sectors that sustained serious destruction in the infrastructure, its buildings were destroyed, burnt or looted. In addition to destruction of infrastructure and ongoing security dangers, problems plaguing Iraq’s higher learning system include under-qualified teaching staff (33% hold only bachelor’s degrees, despite rules requiring a masters degree; 39% hold masters degrees, 28% hold PhDs).
Iraq’s higher education system comprises 20 universities and 47 technical institutes, under the general management of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MHESR). There are also about 10 private colleges, offering studies in computer science, business administration, economics and management.
Higher Education in Iraq faces many challenges which represent with , infrastructure, Quality of Education System, academic staff & faculty qualification, textbooks, scientific research and publications, education institutions and labor markets, education Institutions governance, the teaching staff, and the graduates qualities.
We believe that Iraq’s higher education sector has the potential to play an important role in overcoming the country’s widening sectarian divides and fostering long-term peace and stability, in order to contribute to the desired development, Iraqi universities must provide society with qualified manpower in various scientific disciplines and professions.
This research aims to review the most important challenges and give some recommendations to help this sector to play its leader role in our socio-economic life.
Iraq has faced in recent years a series of conflicts that led to a rapid deterioration of infrastructure and basic social services, the higher education is one of the sectors that sustained serious destruction in the infrastructure, its buildings were destroyed, burnt or looted. In addition to destruction of infrastructure and ongoing security dangers, problems plaguing Iraq’s higher learning system include under-qualified teaching staff (33% hold only bachelor’s degrees, despite rules requiring a masters degree; 39% hold masters degrees, 28% hold PhDs).
Iraq’s higher education system comprises 20 universities and 47 technical institutes, under the general management of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MHESR). There are also about 10 private colleges, offering studies in computer science, business administration, economics and management.
Higher Education in Iraq faces many challenges which represent with , infrastructure, Quality of Education System, academic staff & faculty qualification, textbooks, scientific research and publications, education institutions and labor markets, education Institutions governance, the teaching staff, and the graduates qualities.
We believe that Iraq’s higher education sector has the potential to play an important role in overcoming the country’s widening sectarian divides and fostering long-term peace and stability, in order to contribute to the desired development, Iraqi universities must provide society with qualified manpower in various scientific disciplines and professions.
This research aims to review the most important challenges and give some recommendations to help this sector to play its leader role in our socio-economic life.
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