Innovations and Curriculum Development for Engineering and Technical Education in Libya

Authors

  • Nuri M Triki  Faculty of Engineering, Sabratha University, Regdaleen, Libya

Keywords:

Curriculum Development, Engineering Education, Innovation, Libya

Abstract

Science, technology, engineering development and innovations are the essential key to improvement and are being brought forward at an increasingly rapid rate, thereby forcing engineering educators to adapt to new realities also they play a fundamental role in the creation of wealth, economic development and in the enhancement of the quality of life for all citizens. Furthermore, in the rapidly changing and development in technology and manufacturing industry has affected the national economies and education system of countries and must be continually reevaluated and revised. To make this process more manageable and to create programmes that more accurately reflect the demands of the marketplace, a curriculum revision process is presented. New challenges and new demands are making necessary to re-design curricula of technical and engineering education programmes with industry partnership and business sectors for global economy. The development of curricula should stress the need for flexibility in structure and modes of delivery of technical and engineering education programmes. The curriculum and syllabi in engineering education is dynamic as it shifts with societal requirements as well as student inputs. The paper submits recommendation on further enhanced strategies that will help in the development of education in line with modern trends in curriculum issues. It concludes that for any meaningful advancement to be made in the education sector there must be conscious, deliberate, purposeful, directional policy formulation of the implementation of the curriculum.

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Nuri M Triki "Innovations and Curriculum Development for Engineering and Technical Education in Libya " International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011,Volume 2, Issue 5, pp.335-342, September-October-2016.