The position of Jahrom University in holding skill-building courses in the country was upgraded

In an interview with IRNA on Wednesday, Mohammad Hassan Hemmatpour added: “Considering the wide-ranging changes in the field of society, the change of existing jobs, and also considering the large volume of university graduates, the importance of paying attention to student empowerment is felt more than before.”
He stated that according to the existing policies of higher education and their emphasis on this matter, different universities in the country have put various measures on their agenda, adding: Jahrom University virtual system and virtual pages and … available to organizations He was a student, and the cultural affairs subdivisions of Jahrom University, such as scientific associations and centers, also interacted with organizations that are in a position to recruit.
Hemmatpour, stating that the university strives to cultivate creative, talented and capable forces to address the concerns of human capital of companies and organizations in accordance with the priorities and organizational needs, added: Jahrom University, understanding the need to address the issue of soft skills in In addition to teaching difficult skills, through holding various events in the form of seminars and workshops of several days to several months, has tried to create a good platform for teaching these skills.
He added: “The total number of training hours in these events through the scientific associations and centers of Jahrom University, which was held in a specified period of time, was 81 hours and 56 courses, which were virtual due to the prevalence of Covid 19 virus.”
The Head of the Community and Industry Relations Office of Jahrom University stated: Upgrading the level of technical, engineering and agricultural skills of students in order to get acquainted with the equipment and technologies of industry and agriculture, as well as familiarity with work environments and spaces, is done in the form of internship.
He stated that soft skills have also been considered in these courses, he said: In this section, skills that include a set of individual and intrapersonal abilities. These skills include communication skills, stress relief, critical thinking, listening, media literacy, and more. These skills determine how a person communicates with others or reacts.
The head of the Society and Industry Relations Office of Jahrom University added: About 5 courses were held with the participation of industrial units and a total of 3281 people participated in these courses.
Referring to skills development and employability in Iranian universities and statistics of skills development courses and statistical charts, he said: Among the universities of the Ministry of Education, Jahrom University has improved its ranking compared to previous years in 19 countries and higher than universities such as Bushehr Persian Gulf University. , Bahonar, Hormozgan, Yazd, Sistan and Baluchestan, Razi and all industrial universities of the country such as: Sharif Industrial, Shahroud, Shiraz, Babol, etc. stood.

According to Hemmatpour, Jahrom University is ranked 13th in terms of the number of participants in training courses.

Jahrom city is located 193 km southeast of Shiraz.