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The role and objectives of continuing education in engineering

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It is proposed that every technical university or other institution of higher technical education should establish a strong office or department responsible for providing courses of continuing education. The article sets out a summary of the objectives appropriate to the continuing education of engineers and discusses the control and evaluation of such courses.

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  • International Conference on the Education and Training of Engineers and Technicians (1976). New Delhi, April, Recommendations on Continuing Education. (Unesco).

  • National University Extension Association (1974). (One Dupont Circle, Washington D.C. 20036). The Continuing Education Unit.

  • University of Technology, Baghdad (1976). Report of the Continuing Education Committee.

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  1. University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq

    S. A. Al-Nassri

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Al-Nassri, S.A. The role and objectives of continuing education in engineering. High Educ 7, 67–70 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00129791

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