Linking
university to industry is one of articles of the new law of Higher Education
which is currently being prepared, will include a section about the
relationship between the university and industry, so, the President Prof Dr
Maged el Kemary, the head of drafting committee of new law said to Al-Ahram
that it was conducted detailed presentation to the committee members and
discussed about the relationship of the university to industry and society for
its importance in the next phase and the role of universities.
As
well, he points that the scientific research is the engine for industrial,
economic and social development and the cooperation between universities and
industries is essential in this process and one cannot separate the role of
universities as educational or research or educational or cultural
institutions. He adds that the public vision assures many strategic goals,
includes strengthening the links between industry and the institutions of
higher education, involves the ultimate beneficiary of research services
provided by these institutions, and develops innovation and skills, and
international cooperation to improve the research environment in Egypt and
increase applied research ratio, and the ability to transfer modern technology
and to raise the readiness indicator of a knowledge-based economy.
He
points out that the paper which has been put forward about this relationship to
be added to the new draft law speaks about the role of universities in
activating and developing its relationship with industry including effective
marketing for the programs and services of universities on a large scale and by
using variety of means and that the universities will study and determine the
requirements and needs of the labor market of university outputs and that
universities develop vision and objectives, strategies and its academic
programs according to the needs and requirements of the labor market, and the
link between theoretical and practical applied side for university student in
disciplines needed by the business sector.
On
the other hand, he said that within the interaction between the institutions of
Higher Education and Industry, the research paper demands the institutions of
Higher Education to strengthen links with production sector and take care of
establishing complexes of science, technology which will enhance innovation,
technological embracing and training. As well, the institutions seeks to
diversity the sources of finance by implementing and marketing applied
researches, hosting technological incubators and participating in establishing
educational and technological entities as well as putting the mechanism of
protection of intellectual property right and develop the activities of
scientific research through establishing partnerships with industry and help to
transfer technology, the skills of business management among universities and
industry to contribute to economic development.
The
committee discusses the door of the high institutes which reach 156 institutes
and subordinates to the law No 52 for the year 1970 in light of the lack of
appropriate articles for the developments that have taken place in society and
has necessitated the restructuring of these institutes of academic and
administrative point of view to improving the educational process quality and
relevance of outputs of the plan development of the State and the requirements
of the labor market as well as the positions of staff members inside
institutions and proposals about appointing dean for every technological
faculty not a manager as well as discuss the ways of dispatch and supervision
of staff members
He
mentions that they has discussed the door of international relations that is
essential part of university mission and objectives as the old law was not by
any reference to international relations or expatriates students or relations
with Foreign Universities either the allowance of appointing some foreign
students or tuition fees for non- Egyptian students. He adds that this matter
requires through the draft of the new law organizing the relationship between
Egyptian and Foreign Universities through organizing galleries and marketing
educational and research services as well as opening new branches in other
countries, transfer technology, improve the reputation of the Egyptian
universities, and to attract foreign students, and get scholarships for
Egyptian students and provide
scholarships for foreign students at Egyptian universities, and the dissemination
of culture, and to correct some of the concepts, and open channels of
scientific and cultural cooperation with universities and the outside
community, and promotion of the universities and institutes in international
forums, and to give more independence to universities in setting tuition fees
for international students, according to the circumstances of each university.
The
President mentions that some specialisms for Egyptian envoys in
foreign Universities will be attracted to work in foreign Universities such as
the specialisms of computer engineering and only 10-15% returns to Egypt, so it
requires to put regulations that obliges the envoys to return after ending
missions to benefit from them inside Egypt.