major new event turns spotlight on education, training, careers
NAJAH highlights huge focus on education in UAE where AED9.2 billion spend
represents 37% of total federal budget
The most comprehensive education, training and careers event ever to be held in the United Arab Emirates, NAJAH, will take place from 4-6th of November at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.
Created specifically to fully service the needs of these three distinct sectors in one focused environment, NAJAH, will feature numerous activities for visitors including job profiling, careers advice, interactive seminar sessions, and the region’s largest high level strategic HR conference. It will also showcase many leading international and UAE based companies looking to recruit.
This important event has been developed based on extensive research with key visitor focus groups and is strategically positioned as the only truly international event designed to meet the varied needs of students, educators, parents, career professionals, training organizations and educational institutions.
The Emiratization Council which will offer career's counselling advice at the show to students, parents and potential employers, Najah will be taking place in the new Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, providing visitors with the opportunity to meet leading international and regional providers of education, training and career development programmes, initiatives and opportunities. It is destined to become a landmark annual event in this vital, exciting sector.
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More than 500,000 students are now attending schools and colleges in the UAE with generous grants available for those wishing to study abroad. The UAE’s youth have increasing access to higher education and training programmes, making NAJAH a dynamic business opportunity for anyone offering quality services in the education, training and careers market place.
Education has become a huge focus for the government of the UAE. The population has increased by more than 5 per cent annually over the past 17 years to record the highest growth rate in the Arab world. Almost 50% of the population in the UAE is under 20 years of age; therefore education and careers information are of huge interest to a large proportion of the population.
In 2006 alone, an investment of Dh9.2 billion had been allocated specifically to the education sector. This figure represented 37% of the total federal budget. In addition, the UAE Ministry of Education have adopted ‘Education 2020’, a series of five year plans designed to introduce advanced educational techniques, improve innovation skills and focus more on the self-learning abilities of students.
Christine Weaver, Exhibition Director of NAJAH said: “The UAE government has identified the importance of employing UAE nationals into professional sectors of the workplace through Emiratisation programmes. The introduction of these programmes has brought a strong focus to education and training advancement throughout the Emirates and is supported by significant Ministry budget to meet professional requirements.”
She continues: “NAJAH offers businesses a focused opportunity to enter into this dynamic market and the gateway to Abu Dhabi, the capital, economic and political hub of the UAE. Targeting this growing area of industry has never been a more timely decision for educational institutes - national and international, elementary and higher, training organisations and businesses looking to promote their recruitment drives.”
Originating from the capital of the United Arab Emirates, NAJAH will be the most comprehensive event dedicated to education, training and careers. NAJAH will take place from the 4-6th of November 2007 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.
