Ahmed Al Falasi honors 1,065 graduates of the Higher Colleges of Technology

ABU DHABI, 18 December / WAM / His Excellency Dr. Ahmed Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of Sports, President of the Higher Colleges of Technology Complex, honored 1,065 male and female graduates from the Higher Colleges of Technology in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, including 101 male and female graduates who obtained distinction and distinction with honors.

The graduation ceremony was attended by His Excellency Dr. Faisal Al-Ayyan, Director of the Higher Colleges of Technology Complex, and a number of dignitaries, officials, strategic partners of the colleges, and parents of graduates.

His Excellency Dr. Ahmed Belhoul Al Falasi expressed his happiness with the graduation of a new group of male and female graduates of the Higher Colleges of Technology, Class of 2024, praising the support of the wise leadership for higher education institutions in the country, which enables them to carry out their role and responsibilities towards the sons and daughters of the nation, and prepare them with the knowledge and skills that enable them to deal successfully. With the labor market and its variables and challenges.

He pointed out that the joy of graduates and their families today with success and academic excellence is the best evidence of the success of the colleges in fulfilling their obligations in graduating qualitative competencies in various vital specializations.

His Excellency stressed that preparing and empowering human cadres is a shared responsibility between higher education institutions and the private sector to provide the best support opportunities at the level of training and employment for students and to implement initiatives that stimulate excellence and excellence. He appreciated the efforts of colleges of technology in building effective partnerships with various private and governmental work sectors.

His Excellency congratulated the male and female graduates and called on them to excel in their professional careers, as their country views them as creative energies that support the path of sustainable development.

The ceremony included the presentation of an introductory video entitled “Excellence at the Higher Colleges of Technology,” and the graduates also took the “Oath of Loyalty.”

His Excellency Dr. Faisal Al-Ayyan said in a speech to the Colleges’ Board of Trustees: Today, we celebrate the nation’s youth, a new group of graduates of the Higher Colleges of Technology in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, Class of 2024, under the slogan “Empowering Minds… Creating the Future,” according to outcomes that were established in accordance with the visions of the wise leadership, indicating Since its establishment, the Colleges of Technology Complex has been keen to be a platform for preparing human resources that effectively contribute to building a more solid economic system, reviewing some of the colleges’ achievements.

Dr. Al-Ayyan announced, on behalf of the Colleges Board of Trustees, the graduation of (1,065) male and female graduates from the Higher Colleges of Technology in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Al Dhafra from the class of 2024. They may have completed their studies successfully and obtained their degrees with full merit. He congratulated the graduates, both male and female, for the excellence and distinction they have achieved.

In their speech, the graduates expressed their happiness at their graduation, and their pride in the Higher Colleges of Technology, which prepared them with all readiness and empowered them with the skills and knowledge to be able to challenge, compete, and prove themselves. They offered the highest meanings of appreciation, thanks, and gratitude to the wise leadership for its constant support and enabling them to achieve their scientific ambitions and prepare for the future.

In conclusion, His Excellency Dr. Ahmed Belhoul Al Falasi honored the male and female graduates, distributing graduation certificates to them and taking group photos.

The ceremony witnessed the presentation of a grand prize by Abdul Wahed Al Rostamani Group, the strategic partner of the Higher Colleges of Technology, for the first time to graduates who achieved the highest cumulative GPA (4/4) in the Class of 2024. The prize was two cars with environmentally friendly specifications.

His Excellency Dr. Ahmed Belhoul Al Falasi unveiled the award and presented it to two outstanding female students, noting that honoring the outstanding students at the initiative of the Abdul Wahed Al Rostamani Group is a model of cooperation aimed at encouraging students, appreciating their efforts and motivating them to excel.

The Higher Colleges of Technology concluded the graduation celebration season for the Class of 2024, by reviewing the achievements it has achieved at several different levels, including the launch of three academic tracks, represented by the applied bachelor’s degree, the professional diploma, in addition to the “Maharah” career accelerator program, and the “vocational apprenticeship” program for vocational training. The specialist.

More than 6,000 diploma and bachelor’s degree students benefited from the “vocational apprenticeship” during the first stage last year, and nearly 4,000 male and female students in the first semester of the academic year 2024/2025, and training outside the country was provided for more than 5,000 students in the semester. the second.

With increasing awareness of the importance of applied and vocational education to keep pace with the needs of the changing labor market, the Higher Colleges of Technology attracted about 4,500 female and male students at the beginning of the current academic year, thus bringing the total number in the colleges to 25,781 male and female students, and the number of students enrolled in professional diploma programs has reached more than 4,900 male and female students, while the number of students enrolled in the career accelerator program “Mahara Program” reached 400.

The colleges achieved exceptional indicators in graduate employment, amounting to about 84% for graduates of the 2022-2023 class. The colleges also launched the “Academic Sabbatical for Professors” program to keep pace with the latest developments in various sectors and specializations, and allows an academic staff member to spend a period of time ranging from two weeks to a month annually in the sectors. Various industrial.

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