Prime Minister Chairs Expanded Meeting on Higher Education

The Prime Minister, Professor Kamil Idris, chaired an expanded meeting today in Khartoum, which included the Ministers of Justice, Interior, Higher Education and Scientific Research, the Governor of Khartoum State, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and the Special Representative of the Prime Minister, Dr. Al-Hussein Al-Khalifa Al-Siddiq Al-Hafian. The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Professor Ahmed Mudawi Musa, stated in a press release that the meeting heard a report regarding the activities carried out by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the recent period and the results of its foreign visits. The Minister of Higher Education explained that the meeting also heard a report regarding current activities concerning admissions for the second round and the subsequent third round, in addition to arrangements for the start of the new academic year. The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research confirmed that all universities in the country are ready to receive students and that dormitories are ready for their accommodation. The Minister added that the meeting discussed the future plan to improve the status of university professors and personnel in higher education and scientific research.