Iraq Education Initiative Sending 50,000 Students Across the Globe
The first educational fair held in Baghdad this past week brought 27 Colleges and Universities from around the globe to meet with potential students and unveiled an ambitious initiative by the Iraqi government to send 10,000 students per year for the next 5 years to English speaking countries to pursue higher education.
According to Dr. Zuhair Humadi, the executive director of the Iraq Education Initiative and a senior advisor to Vice President Adil Abd Al-Mahdi, the Iraqi government has committed $1 billion a year to this program. Each year for a period of five years, the initiative will provide full scholarships for up to 10,000 Iraqi high school graduates to study in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, France and Germany. Dr Humadi estimated that more than 80% of the scholarships will go to undergraduate students interested in seeking an associates or bachelors degree. 
Some of the US Colleges and Universities attending this unusual recruiting fair included University of Oregon,Virginia Commonwealth University, Southern Illinois University, West Virginia University, University of Kentucky , University of Evansville , Texas A&M University, a Representative for the Universities of the State of Ohio, as well as other universities, community colleges, and intensive English language programs.
In a letter to university representatives, Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki explained the reasoning behind the Iraq Education Initiative: “For many years, the system of higher education in Iraq was regarded as one of the finest in the Arab world. Students from many countries came to Iraq to attend our colleges and universities, however, wars and sanctions have impaired the system of education. … Iraq needs a strategic program that will transform its education system in order to make up the time lost in developing its human resources.”
Events held in both Baghdad and Suleimaniyah in the Kurdish region of Iraq were successful in allowing more than 600 students to discuss their interest in studying in the United States and other countries directly with deans and representatives from the attending colleges. John S. Jackson, Professor at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale was one of the fair attendees and spoke with the excited Iraqi students about their credentials and desire to study in the United States, “Many expressed a very concrete desire to return to Iraq to help make it a better nation”. he said, a theme reflected in the Prime Minister’s keynote address.
While students will be required to take the TOEFL exam at one of the 15 newly opened testing centers in Iraq and score at least a 450 to be eligible for the government sponsored scholarship, they will not have the opportunity to take the SAT or ACT exams. Universities are encouraged to be as flexible as possible when recruiting the Iraqi students and to expect students to enter an intensive English language program before matriculating in the general program. Colleges and universities without SAT requirements and that offer conditional admissions should expect an influx of student applications.
In June a pilot program will launch to work through the logistics and attempt to streamline any issues that may come up before sending the annual expected 10,000 students. As information becomes available Al Jamiat will continue to update readers.
Quick Facts:
- 10,000 students per year sent to English speaking Universities
- 500 student pilot program to be launched in June
- Scholarships will include tuition, fees, and living stipend
- Students may apply for Associates, Bachelors & Masters programs
- Open to all accredited Universities, Colleges, Community Colleges
- Students must score a 450 on the TOEFL test to be eligible for the scholarship
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I have heard the program has been canceled due to the global financial crisis. Is this true?
Mark
Mark,
Per our conversation this afternoon with the Director of the program, the scholarship has NOT been canceled and is moving forward already.
How are the students being advised toward specific “right fit” colleges in the U.S.? Are they receiving any career counseling or help deciding what to study? Are the scholarships based on which professions the country needs? Are they required to return to Iraq after graduation?
I was wondering if there was a need for U.S. college consultants to help in this process – either volunteer or paid.
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I asked Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki when he visited Washington DC in July why he is supporting Iraqi sending students to the United States for college instead of helping the Iraqi people who are already here struggling to further our education. We left Iraq for a reason-to get away from Saddam. We had to leave our families in order to make a better life. We try to financially support our families from another country. We need education to go back to Iraqi and rebuild. Why send other people from Iraq when we are here already? I am not against anyone getting better education, but let’s look at the bigger picture and the current situation. Is this the respect we get from the Iraqi government? We want to get back to Iraq but how are we to get back? We don’t have a chance. The government is not giving us a chance to share our experience and make a better life. How can we go back and work in a meanial job?
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I really think there is a need for US to help in deciding what education they should take so that there is an assurance they will get a job after they graduate. They should also be allowed to work in Iraq after they graduate to be able to teach in their country and help improve the community.
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As said, how are the students being advised toward specific "right fit" colleges in the U.S.? Are they receiving any career counseling or help deciding what to study? Are the scholarships based on which professions the country needs?
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The Iraq Education Initiative is a bold new program of education reform.
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Do you know any agencies in Irak, who is sending students abroad?
We left Iraq for a reason-to get away from Saddam. We had to leave our families in order to make a better life. We try to financially support our families from another country. We need education to go back to Iraqi and rebuild. Why send other people from Iraq when we are here already?
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The students attend university on a J-1 visa which requires them to return home after completing their studies to work & help rebuild Iraq.
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I applaud the Iraqi government's efforts to send students to different countries to study. There are a lot of really good universities in the country's mentioned and I know a lot of international students taking up IT courses in Australia. Learning overseas provides students with new technologies and up to date information and exposes them to international ways to doing things.
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My comment is a question and it has too many links to the subject above.
I applied to the HCED-Iraq scholarship and after few days, they sent me an email and they called me that I’ve been selected and they invited me to the interview, I went to Baghdad and made that interview successfully. Total available seats allocated to my city was 11, and I was the ONLY one there.
All these events; application, notification, invitation, and interviewing took less than a MONTH, BUT since then, they are neglecting me, every time I sent them an email, their reply is the same, and only saying that we are waiting Ministry of Health’s decision, and today 2 months will exceed since the interview…
My QUESTION is that, is there any one out there, who has been a candidate, or accepted in the HCED-Iraq, or knows anyone, yes ANYONE, near or far, who has been accepted in this scholarship and went outside successfully??? Is this program is real or fake? As I know no one has been accepted or went outside through this scholarship. Is it true they will send us, or they will just postpone appointments, time after time? It is real or just killing our time?
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