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10. Education Sector

Sustainable development concept is always at the forefront of the international
community interests, and since people has always occupied the first priority among the
sustainable development factors, international world gave more importance to paying
strong attention to develop the mental abilities and learning opportunities for human
beings making education a human right for each individual in the society guaranteed by
all international laws. The education standards in any country are seen as a measure for
its advancement and development. In Iraq; laws guarantee the opportunity of obtaining
good education for all Iraqis.
Education is still one of the greatest concerns of countries and despite the big progress
in the primary education and the increase in the numbers of pupils joining schools and
anti- illiteracy movements, big efforts are still being made increasingly to improve
education quality by the government and it is still a big challenge for the developing
countries including Iraq to keep pace with the intellectual advancement and skill
development starting from pre school s to high school levels.
Iraq is one of the most important countries that gave special attention to education
system since the mid twentieth century, as it owns many reliable universities which are
listed among the best ones in the Arab region. Iraqi universities were established in the
beginning of the second half of the twentieth century starting with Baghdad University
in 1957, Mustansyriah University 1963, whereas other universities were established
after 1980 like University of Technology, Basra University, Mosul University,
Sulaimanyah University in addition to a number of technical institutes. Iraq is in need
for many educational institutions to meet the increasing demand as a result of
population growth, the reality that provides investors with great opportunities to invest
in this sector.