UAE cabinet approves Dh320m budget for national universities
UAE cabinet approves Dh320m budget for national universities
Gulf Business
Sunday 28 June 2020
Image Courtesy: WAM Twitter account
The UAE Federal Cabinet has approved an additional budget of Dhs320m for national universities.
"We approved Dhs320m in extra budgets for our national universities to improve their future performance. Normality will resume at our universities and schools,“ Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, said on Twitter, after he chaired a virtual cabinet meeting.
"It's the government's job to create an ideal environment for students to return in the academic year 2020/2021.“
The cabinet also approved a national system for sustained agriculture.
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“” HH Sheikh Mohammed (@HHShkMohd) June 28, 2020
"We want to invest in new agricultural fields and mechanisms by harnessing advanced technologies and make proactive changes in agricultural and food systems,“ Sheikh Mohammed added.
The national system for sustainable agriculture seeks to increase self-sufficiency from targeted agricultural crops to 5 per cent annually, while it looks to scale average farm income to 10 per cent on a yearly basis, official news agency WAM reported.
The system also targets a