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Launching of the Fourth Forum of Technical Education at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport
The 4th Arab Academy of Technical Education Forum, was organized by the Academy`s Industrial Service Complex at 10 March 2019 at the Academy`s headquarters in Abu Qir, Alexandria, in the presence of a group of those involved in the development of technical education in Egypt.
Meanwhile, the Executive director of the Federation of Egyptian Industries stressed the importance of the forum and expressed his hope to come up with recommendations that will develop technical education and vocational training to meet the needs of the labor market.
Abdul Azim added that the forum seeks to spread hope and bring together all those involved in technical education in order to preserve this important file in advancing the industrial development. He pointed out that the forum includes several activities, including the employment exhibition which aims to create an association that closes the gap between supply and demand in the market. the work .
Abdul Azim stressed the importance of developing the mental image of technical education. He said that this will not be achieved by opening the tracks of technical education to higher education, but from students and trainees by providing them with the skills required by the labor market.
He pointed out the importance of promoting these skills and abilities in light of the fourth industrial picture in the era of codification.
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Secretary General of the Education Development Fund of the Council of Ministers, Abdulwahab Ghandour: The technical education doesn’t meet the needs of the industry and must be developed, noting that education has a significant role in the development of this system.
He stressed the need to find a solution to this problem through an educational system based on the skills or skills, noting that this was successful at the level of models, and said the real challenge is to disseminate these models to technical education in Egypt.
He pointed to the importance of adopting a course of technical education in parallel with university education, and set an example of the Arab School in Menoufia as well as the support of the Ministry of Higher Education through the establishment of the University of Technology.
For his part, Vice-President of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research, Dr. Alaa Abdel Bari, praised the importance of the fourth forum of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport. He thanked all those involved in the idea of establishing the forum. , And the Institute of Industry Service at the Academy, stressing the importance of enhancing the capacity of technical education and linking it to the current and emerging needs of the labor market by raising the skills of students and graduates of technical education by activating the curricula based on the For the skills and raising the quality of this sector of education so that he can enter the circle of global competition, expressing his hope and look forward to the success of the Fourth Forum for Technical Education
For his part, Dean of the Institute of Industry Service of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport Issam Al-Bakl. To the forum`s organizers, which is held for the fourth time, wishing to come out with recommendations to promote the development of the technical education system in Egypt, "adding that the forum is a series of important events aimed at searching for visions to develop the technical education system.