Higher Education reduces Private Universities’ tuitions fees

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research decided to “reduce studies tuition fees for students in private colleges for the academic year 2012 – 2013,” calling at the same time deans of the private colleges to “comply with the international standards of quality and reliability because it represents a major tributary of education.”

The official spokesman for the Ministry of Higher Education, Qasim Mohammed Jabbar, said in a press statement received by Iraqi News (IraqiNews.com) that “Higher Education Minister, Ali al-Adeeb discussed with deans of the private colleges the importance of private admission procedures to be transparent and subject to the instructions of the Ministry of Higher Education especially in regard to rates, as well as discussing the possibility of reducing the tuition fee of study.”

He added that “The Minister of Higher Education stressed the need to adhere to standards of quality and reliability in the private education because it represents a major tributary of public education,” calling for the abolition of the exceptions in the acceptance and not to succumb to the pressure exerted by some sides.”

“Adeeb emphasized that the number of teachers in the private colleges should be suitable for the number of students to promote the scientific level and work seriously to eliminate instances of fraud.”

For his part, Director of the Department of Private Education, Saeed Abdul Hadi, Said according to the statement that “The Board of Education in the Ministry of Higher Education decided to reduce the tuition fees for college students by 7% for scientific colleges which represents over three million IQD, and 10% of humanitarian colleges which represents one million and a half and more, to be eligible for the academic year 2012-2013.”