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(Higher Education is the fruit of a deeply rooted traditional and modern educational heritage)
The National Comprehensive Strategy in the education domain: In the field of higher education, the National Comprehensive Strategy has got concerned with realizing the resolutions of Education Revolution with the objective of achieving the following: 1- Revising higher education legislation and laws. 2- Increasing the number of higher educational institutions. 3- Qualifying of teaching staff. 4- Authentication of knowledge. 5- Arabicization of sciences at the higher education and scientific research institutions 6- Encouraging scientific research related to the solution of the country's development, economic and social problems and linking the higher education with the environment and society. Implementation of the National Comprehensive Strategy: 1 - The legislation and laws of higher education has ben revised to assimilate philosophies and objectives of the higher education which aim at responding to the demands and needs of the society with its various environments and affirmation of the Sudanese identity. 2 - Expansion of the old universities and establishment of new ones in the states. Old Universities: The expansion of the old universities has included establishment of new faculties of medicine, engineering, textile technology, animal production, petroleum engineering, mining, electronic engineering, computer engineering, computer sciences in addition to the endemic diseases institutes and sections for medicine, eye surgery and veterinary studies. The New Universities: At the start of the Education Revolution, a number of universities have been established including the universities of Kordofan, September 1st in Darfur, Nile Valley and Al-Sharq. These universities have been established in a short period of time and that their faculties have widely been distributed in the various parts of the country. The establishment of the Upper Nile, Bahrel-Ghazal, Sinnar, Al-Imam Al-Mahdi, Al-Azhari and later Edamazin and Bakht Al-Rudha universities have come after. Following the promotion of the province's colleges, another decision was issued promoting them to become universities of Dalanj, Nyala, Zalinji, Shendi, Dongoal, Port Sudan, Kassala and Gadarif-and that the number of universities have become 19 spreading all over the various states in addition to the Sudanization of Cairo Branch University in Khartoum and renaming it as Al-Nilein University and promotion of the former African Islamic Centre to the International University of Africa. The Geographical Distribution of the Old Universities: Old Universities: University of Khartoum (Khartoum State) Omdurman Islamic University (Khartoum State) University of Gezira (Gezira State) University of Juba (Bahrel-Jabel State) New Universities: Sudan University of Science & Technology Al-Nilein University Holy Koran & Islamic Sciences University Aza'eem Al-Azhari University University of Kordofan University of Al-Dalanj University of Kassala Red Sea University University of Gadarif Nile Valley University University of Shendi University of Dongla University of Fashir University of Nyala University of Zalinji The following is brief informations about some of universities - old and new.
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