GETEX Dubai 2008

GETEX Dubai 2008, the Middle East's leading education, training and careers fair, opened at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre (DICEC) yesterday (Wednesday, April 2nd 2008).

The 20th GETEX Dubai will allow national and expatriate students access to more than 2500 secondary and tertiary education options from over 500 education providers through its GETEX- Student Recruitment event.
Anselm Godinho, Managing Director of show organizers IC&E, commented: "Over the years, GETEX Dubai has grown in size and scope bringing a diversity of academic courses and training options attracting some of world's leading universities and education providers, education equipment and technology suppliers, human resource recruiters and vocational training providers to construct the region's largest education forum."

Concurrently, GETEX- Careers & Training will offer employment opportunities for senior students looking for access to the job market, experienced employees climbing the career ladder and also caters to professionals wanting to acquire new skills through targeted qualifications.

He commented: "GETEX will also be hosting discussion forums, workshops, seminars and conferences that bring together expert knowledge with new ideas to generate new schema, paradigms and networks in education."

Additionally, GETEX- Education Equipment & Technology offers a trade platform for suppliers and purchasing decision makers for education, and serves as a point of access for new education technologies, equipment and methodologies entering the Middle East. The segment is hosting the GETEX- ISTE Global Forum for Technology & Innovation in Education, running from 1st-3rd April with a conference programme under the direction of the US-headquartered International Institute of Technology in Education.

In the UAE, GETEX is hosted under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Nahayan Bin Mubarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research .The event is supported by Dubai Knowledge Village (DKV), Dubai International Academic City (DIAC), Knowledge & Human Development Authority (KHDA) and all the universities affiliated with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research-including the Higher Colleges of Technology, Paris Sorbonne - Abu Dhabi, UAE University and Zayed University.

Also supporting GETEX is a host of international agencies and associations including the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) - USA, the British Council, Agence EduFrance, Canadian Conssulate, OSEC Business Network - Switzerland, the Italian Embassy, the German Academic Exchange Service, Enterprise Ireland and the South African Embassy.(PR)