The Jordanian Accreditation and Quality Assurance Commission for Higher Education Institutions (AQACHEI) and the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research on Wednesday signed a cooperation agreement to accredit medical colleges in Iraq. The agreement was inked by Chairman of the Commission Thafer Assaraira and head of the Iraqi Scientific Supervision and Evaluation Authority Salah Hadi Al-Fatlawi. According to a statement by the AQACHEI on Wednesday, Assaraira stressed the strong scientific and academic cooperation with Iraq, indicating that the commission is keen to keep pace with all global development in the higher education field by improving the educational process as well as developing technical, vocational and technical education as its priority to contribute to bringing Jordanian higher education institutions to global competitiveness. For his part, Al-Fatlawi praised the commission’s efforts in supporting bilateral relations and coordination to raise the level of higher education institutions, enhance their competitiveness and ensure their implementation of international accreditation, quality systems, and standards.
Source: Jordan News Agency