Damascus-Sana
The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research seeks to connect universities with society and promote the principle of partnership between educational and research institutions to confront the difficulties and challenges brought about by the terrorist war on Syria in all fields and sectors and advance scientific research as it contracted with 28 research projects within ten different development sectors and monitored the financial allocations necessary for its completion in addition For applied development projects that have been completed and are under way with the aim of investing the outputs of scientific research in supporting and promoting economic and social development.
Dr. Riyad Tayfour, Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, affirmed in a statement to Lana on the sidelines of a dialogue seminar held by the Ministry at the University of Damascus that included stakeholders in government agencies, researchers and academics specializing in the fields of "electric energy, industry, communications and technology" the importance of developing the educational process and supporting scientific research and improving its conditions and quality to play the role It is required of them and to participate effectively in solving society’s problems, meeting their needs, drawing up development policies and approving projects in line with and consistent with the government's vision in the national program for post-war Syria, “Syria 2030 Strategic Plan”.
According to Dr. Tayfour, the Ministry developed an executive empowering plan for scientific research, where it worked to launch a comprehensive national data platform for scientific research with all its components of “human resources, refereed scientific journals, postgraduate theses, research, important laboratory and research scientific devices and university books” indicating that about 70 percent of the These data and that the process is continuing by the technical teams present in the ministry.
Dr. Tayfour pointed out that the Ministry is working through coordination between the Supreme Commission for Scientific Research and the ministries and institutions of the state and the private sector "Chamber of Industry and the Engineers Syndicate" to spend on the most important research development projects required to be carried out according to priority and 28 research projects have been contracted within ten different development sectors have been Monitor the financial allocations necessary for the completion of these projects, in addition to the applied development projects that have been completed, including those currently under way through the Fund for Scientific Research Support in the Ministry.
The Ministry, according to Dr. Tayfour, encourages the establishment of specialized technical and technological exhibitions for graduation and graduate projects that students complete in universities, for example, the exhibition of the Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at the University of Damascus and the Al-Bassel Exhibition for Creativity and Invention, in which it provides prototypes for important electrical and industrial equipment that are part of the work of substitution Imports.
The President of Damascus University, Dr. Muhammad Maher Kabakibi, pointed out the importance of framing master’s and doctoral theses and academic research and providing the necessary financial funding for it within a national policy to meet the actual needs of ministries and industrial, economic and service sectors and thus achieving the true linkage of the university to society indicating that the University of Damascus includes 270 thousand students, including more than 16 One thousand graduate students between "Master and Doctorate" and in colleges of information and information and applied there are more than 1500 students "Master and Doctorate" pointing out the importance of a large proportion of them are in the service of development.
Dr. Firas Hinnawi, Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at Damascus University, pointed out that the college presented research projects of interest to the citizen and contributes to solving the problems he suffers from, such as power outages and long rationing periods, indicating that submitted projects such as "static compensators" projects improve the reality of the electrical network and raise its quality and reduce the proportion The waste in it and at the same time increases the generation processes through the use of alternative energies in line with the latest technologies used in the world.
Dr. Hinnawi indicates that the college is ready to conduct other research in cooperation with the Ministry of Electricity and other parties and is applicable after examining its costs and economic feasibility.
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