H.H. Mohammed bin Rashid orders salary hike to UAE national teaching staff

H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, Prince and UAE Defence Minister has ordered a 25% salary increase for UAE national PhD holders and professors working for the UAE University. Sheikh Mohammed gave instructions to Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Chancellor of the UAE University to immediately put this increase into effect. At an inspection tour he made today morning at some campuses of the UAE University in Al Ain Ciry, Sheikh Mohammed stressed the significance of providing all aspects of stability and security to students to further boost their innovativeness in fulfilling their social, humanitarian and national mission as well as contribute to the raising of a generation that is "well-equipped not only with memorization and information but also with IT literacy." The UAE University Information Technology College was the first to be visited today by Sheikh Mohammed who was accorded a warm welcome by students and the academic staff.He toured different departments and labs accompanied by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Mohammed Abdullah Al Gergawi and other officials. At a presentation by Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Chancellor of the UAE University Sheikh Mohammed was briefed on the five-year strategy through which the UAE University aims to achieve international academic leadership. Source