Several lecturers from University of Al-Maarif participated in the workshop organized by the Scientific Supervision and Evaluation Authority at the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in cooperation with the Quality Assurance and University Performance Department at the Rectorate of University of Baghdad. The workshop aimed to familiarize the officials of the performance evaluation committees in Iraqi universities with the new mechanism for evaluating the performance of college members and employees for the academic year 2023-2024, according to the updated forms launched by the Ministry of Higher Education. It also included training on the new evaluation mechanisms and the importance of publishing scientific research in global containers as a basic condition for evaluation. Prof. Dr. Suham Kadhim, Head of the Institutional Performance Division at the Rectorate of the University of Baghdad, indicated that the new form was distinguished by the presence of a condition requiring the publication of scientific research in global containers, with an emphasis on not extracting research from master’s theses or doctoral dissertations. The workshop was attended by Asst. Dr. Shaheed Jameel, Manager of the Academic Performance Evaluation Division, Dr. Shihab Hamad Khalifa, Head of the Academic Accreditation Unit, Asst. Dr. Sameer Ahmed Awad, a lecturer in the Department of Medical Laboratories Techniques, and Asst. Lec. Alaa Hamid Mohamed, the Quality Unit Manager.
