H.E. Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, Deputy Chairman of Police and General Security in Dubai, Chairman of Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University’s Board of Governors and Chairman of the Emirates Talent Association, awarded 99 Emirati talented with certificates of ‘Introduction to Computer Programming’ and ‘Digital Games and Applications Development.’ The certificates were awarded to those who successfully achieved the first two levels of ‘Emirati Programmer’ program, a supportive step in harnessing the potential of local human capital in line with the goals of UAE Vision 2021.
H.E. Dhahi Khalfan Tamim said that the ‘Emirati Programmer’ promotes optimal investment of promising talents in programming and builds national competencies armed with knowledge, innovation, leadership, and ability to achieve competitive knowledge-based economy. He added: “This initiative is in line with the directives of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, who has emphasized the necessity of inspiring the younger generations to enrich and enhance their knowledge, imagination and ambitions in order to instill creativity and innovation among youths in various fields to make the UAE on the top of world’s countries in innovation by 2021.”
Dr. Mansoor Al Awar, Chancellor of HBMSU, said: “We are proud of HBMSU’s leading position as an incubator for talented and creative Emirati youth who would become future leaders of the nation”.
