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Dr Al Awar, with Kaganov, Tang and 11 IITE board memebers

Unesco IITE board appoints new head

DUBAI, October 21, 2014

The governing board of the Unesco Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE) has appointed Dr Mansoor Al Awar, chancellor of the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU), as its head.

The appointment will help bolster UAE's efforts to be at the forefront of promoting smart learning development in the world in the next four years, said a statement.

It also places HBMSU into the ranks of top-notch global academic institutions. It is the first academic institution to adopt smart learning in the Arab world and is poised to play a pivotal role in establishing smart learning policies through its wide expertise and deep knowledge of the region.

Dr Al Awar was unanimously elected during the first meeting of Unesco IITE Governing Board held recently in Moscow, Russia.

The attendees included international senior officials, such as Veniamin Kaganov, Deputy Minister of Education and Sciences of theRussian Federation, and Prof Qian Tang, Unesco's assistant director-general for Education, and 11 IITE board members who were composed of leading international experts and professionals in education and smart learning.

"The appointment reaffirms the pivotal role of HBMSU in promoting smart learning worldwide in line with the wise directives of Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and President of HBMSU, and supervision of Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan, deputy chairman of Dubai Police and General Security and chairman of HBMSU Board of Governors,” said Dr Al Awar.

“My new responsibilities inspire me to work harder to sustain all efforts towards bridging digital gap in education and building knowledge-based communities by promoting the potentials of e-learning and distant learning worldwide,” he said.

Dr Al Awar is the first Arab scholar to attain membership and chairmanship of the board, said the statement.

He will join a group of top-notch, elite scholars who specialise in establishing learning development policies in the world, it added. - TradeArabia News Service




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