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Strategy to make UAE varsities among world's top 100

Dubai - The National Strategy for Higher Education seeks to provide future generations with the necessary technical and practical skills.

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The UAE Cabinet has approved a National Strategy for Higher Education which sets out to build and achieve the highest scientific and professional education standards to serve the UAE's future generations.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, said the strategy aims to put the UAE universities among the top 100 in the world.
"We have come a long way from having 40 university students 46 years ago to 77 public and private universities today. The National Strategy for Higher Education seeks to provide future generations with the necessary technical and practical skills to drive the economy in both public and private sectors. It also aims to prepare a generation of Emirati professionals to sustain growth in vital sectors and compete with the best countries in the world," Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid said as he chaired a Cabinet meeting on Sunday.
"We will continue to invest in knowledge with an aim to provide a comprehensive educational system that will contribute to building up the capabilities of future generations and supporting research, development and innovation," he added.
Sheikh Mohammed said the UAE wants to provide a "unique global model" in the advancement of education and educational tools and to move away from the traditional frameworks. This will be done by inventing solutions and ideas that serve the community and contribute to the achievement of the UAE Centennial Strategy 2071.
The strategy is in line with the UAE Vision 2021 and has four main pillars: Quality, harmonisation, innovation, and efficiency.

Other key Cabinet decisions and discussions

> Sharjah as headquarter of Arab children's parliament: The Cabinet also discussed the UAE's request to host the permanent headquarters of the Arab Parliament for Children in Sharjah.
> Integrated waste management: On the legislative level, the Cabinet adopted a law designed to ensure the protection of the environment and the reduction of damage to people's health through the application of best practices and available techniques.
> International agreements: The Cabinet ratified two agreements on the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of financial evasion between the UAE and the Government of Iraq; and between the UAE and the Government of the Republic of Maldives. The Cabinet also ratified two agreements on mutual encouragement and protection of investment between the UAE and Cambodia, as well as with the Government of the Republic of Maldives. The Cabinet also ratified an agreement between the UAE and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on the mutual allocation of land in the cities of Abu Dhabi and Kabul for the construction of diplomatic representative missions.