SINGAPORE, twenty eighth September, 2023 (WAM) — A UAE delegation led by Sarah Al Amiri, Minister of State for Public Training and Superior Know-how and the Chairwoman of the Emirates Colleges Institution, met with officers in Singapore to debate training, science and know-how in addition to areas of potential collaboration and change between the UAE and Singapore.
Al Amiri met with Dr. Tan See Leng, Singapore’s Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Commerce and Trade, Dr. Maliki Osman, Minister within the Prime Minister’s Workplace, Second Minister for Training and International Affairs, and Josephine Teo, Minister for Communications and Data and Minister-in-Cost of Good Nation and Cyber Safety.
The UAE delegation accompanying Al Amiri included Mohammed Al Qassim, Director-Basic of the Emirates Colleges Institution (ESE), Hessa Rasheed, Performing Govt Director of the Training Improvement Sector, Could Al Taee, Director of the Emirates School for Superior Training, along with senior representatives from the Ministry of Trade and Superior Know-how.
The go to aimed to be taught from Singapore’s pioneering expertise in trade, superior know-how, analysis and growth, and training. It additionally sought to determine frameworks for cooperation between the 2 nations to help their academic, industrial, and technological objectives.
In her assembly with the Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Commerce and Trade, and the Minister for Communications and Data, Al Amiri emphasised the UAE’s dedication to enhancing strategic partnerships in science and know-how.
In the course of the go to, Al Amiri was briefed on Singapore’s R&D and science and know-how ecosystem. She toured quite a few entities, together with SGInnovate and the Company for Science, Know-how and Analysis (A*STAR). These visits supplied insights into Singapore’s R&D panorama and its pivotal function in nurturing startups, notably these specialising in deep know-how.
Throughout a gathering with Dr Maliki Osman, Sarah Al Amiri pressured the UAE’s steady efforts and vital funding in growing the nationwide training system, which is important to reaching sustainable growth objectives within the UAE.
Al Amiri was briefed on a number of the most profitable options of Singapore’s training system, in addition to its imaginative and prescient and greatest practices that help nationwide growth objectives. She was additionally briefed on how Singapore’s training system is designed to align with the nation’s labour market.
The Emirates Faculty Institution delegation visited quite a few academic establishments, together with the Nationwide Institute of Training (NIE), which trains lecturers. In the course of the go to, Al Amiri met with Prof Goh Chuen Meng Christine, Director of the Institute, who described the institute’s function in coaching lecturers in accordance with the very best worldwide practices.
Her Excellency additionally visited quite a few prestigious Singaporean academic establishments such because the Institute of Technical Training School Central, Nanyang Polytechnic and the Nationwide Institute of Training.
