According to ISNA / Kerman, the president of the University of Applied Sciences and technology announced the presence of classes in universities of applied sciences across the country from Saturday, November 6th.

According to ISNA / Kerman, the president of the University of Applied Sciences and technology  announced the presence of classes in universities of applied sciences across the country from Saturday, November 6th.

"Mohammad Hossein Omid" said in a press conference with the media in Kerman this evening, November 26: "This year, the second strategic plan of the university has been approved by the Board of Trustees and its implementation has begun, and this plan is from 1400 to 1404."

He announced the preparation of a skill management document for the first time in the country by the University of Applied Sciences and said: this document will be unveiled soon, also the first skill encyclopedia of the country will be ready and its official unveiling will be done in the next two weeks. The comprehensive university of applied sciences of the country, noting that the sending of students of applied sciences abroad should have started two years ago, when the outbreak of Corona postponed its implementation, said: The first student of the university of applied sciences to spend his internship in one of He was sent to German universities.

He considered the celebration of new students and graduates in Kerman province after two years as a promising step and said: In the past two years, due to the outbreak of Covid, 19 of our celebrations and ceremonies were held virtually, and today Kerman province celebrates these two celebrations. Held in person at work. He announced the presence of the classes of the universities of applied sciences all over the country on Saturday, November 6, and said: "We do not have exact statistics on the number of vaccinated students, but all the teachers of this university were allowed to be vaccinated together with the faculty of other universities." And most of them have been vaccinated and so have most of our staff.

He continued: "Our students were prioritized for the vaccine in terms of occupation and age before September, and about 10 days ago we announced to all students that the classes will be held in person in mid-November and we gave them the opportunity to get their vaccine." To receive.

The president of the Comprehensive University of Applied Sciences added: "Employees of universities of applied sciences must present their vaccination card to attend the workplace or submit a coronary diagnostic test (PCR) every three days to determine that they do not have Covid 19 disease."

He stated: We have about 600 applied science centers in the country, in which 700 skill courses in associate and bachelor degrees are offered in the form of 5100 field codes in the academic year in our universities.

Omid continued: "We had 800 new field codes in the new year and 273 field codes have been removed, and this year some of our fields did not have any applicants at all, and next year those fields will be removed except for the law enforcement fields."

He announced the number of applied science students in the country as 220,000 and added: in Kerman province, about 7,000 people are studying in applied science universities.

The president of the country's comprehensive university of applied sciences announced the admission of 109,000 people to the university of applied sciences this year and stated: about 20% of them have not chosen a field.

In response to an ISNA reporter's question about whether part of the university's virtual education will continue in Post-Corona? He said: "The University of Applied Sciences has completed its IT infrastructure and held 109,000 classes virtually in March 1998 (in the early days of the Corona outbreak), and we will not lose this capacity. Some of the theoretical lessons will continue virtually.

Omid explained the advantages and disadvantages of e-learning and added: "We will maintain this capacity, while cyberspace will help educational justice and also reduce the costs of universities."

In response to another question from an ISNA reporter, he said that considering that the good thing about holding exams virtually is that the professors' hands are tied to give an unfair grade to the student, but in return the student's hand is left open for fraud, is there a solution to this? Problem adopted? He stated: "Solutions have been predicted and implemented in the world, and considering that 15% of our trainings become virtual, and because their number is small, if the width is appropriate, it is possible to guarantee the health of the exams."

Criticizing that in the last 20 months, only the educational department has been permanently closed, he said: "In the short term, some trainings may be virtual and their exams will be in person, but from mid-November, classes will be held 100% in person."