Who Are We?
Higher education has suffered over the past four decades of neglect and underdevelopment in the great wars and Tothma three games during which the former regime and the economic blockade lasted for thirteen years, which led to the decline of education in general and at all levels. The main features of that stage, the migration of teachers, which began after the eighties of the last century and continued with increasing frequency until it reached a peak after the 2003 terrorist attacks a result of planned efforts to stop the political process and reconstruction of Iraq to the back.
For the advancement of education of the new Iraq to regain its rightful place among the nations of the world, said Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, a professor of educational initiative aimed at the development of education in Iraq and among its goals to send envoys to Iraq to finish out their studies in universities high a rate of ten thousand sober Mission commented annually over five years in all disciplines to make up the shortfall in the number of professors, as well as to bridge the gap between the educational level in Iraq and the rest of the developed world.
For the purpose of implementing the teaching plan, formed a higher committee for the educational initiative chaired by the Prime Minister and the office of Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the Minister of Education and a number of professors and those interested in the affairs of higher education is under 359 in the customs 5/11/2008 who reported the foundation upon which the initiative was as follows:
- The development of specialized educational staff by sending scholarships to universities sober.
- The development of education at all school levels through the modernization of curricula and the introduction of modern methods of teaching.
- Openness to international universities and exchange of experiences and networking through the twinning
- Create a climate of scientific and Mashi be insufficient to attract adequate scientific competencies migratory.
In order to implement the above Committee has begun work to determine the mechanisms for the implementation of the group exceeded the constraints faced by the students are still facing the missions, as well as to establish the bases and criteria by which the granting of the missions. Was the result of these efforts to hold a forum for the universities of Baghdad, the Iraqi and the auspices of the State of the World Premier for the period from 19-20 January 2009 on the Rashid Hotel in Zawra, and this forum is the first of its kind in Iraq. Participated in the Forum, Twenty-four American university and a British university.
This huge number of missions required for building an integrated and effective system in line with the reality of the Iraqi student on the one hand and the great change in the educational systems in the world on the other. The Commission endorsed the idea of using points of global consulting for building such a system taking advantage of the experiences of other countries, particularly neighboring countries that have adopted similar experiences. It is to be launched this year's initial program of 2009 (Pilot Project) includes sending 500 students to universities worldwide to build a solid system, which will be used later in other missions, starting with the year 2010. This system is built on the basis of non-traditional to address the bottlenecks and problems experienced by students of missions today. The estimated cost for the program in 2009 fifty-four million dollars obtained the approval of the Prime Minister, as well as approval by the Council of Ministers.
Missions on the Distribution of Iraq's Provinces
Missions program covers all Iraqi provinces by population density and each of them and thus the share of each province according to the following distribution
Missions on the distribution of Iraq's provinces by the proportion of the population according to the statistics of the Ministry of Planning for 2007
