By TCN News,
Trivandrum: Indo-Kuwait Friendship Society, a non-profit socio-cultural friendship NRI association in Kuwait, has sent a memorandum to Oommen Chandy , the Kerala Chief Minister to speed up the establishment of Arabic University in one of the districts of Kerala within a limited time frame.
IKFS has also suggested a name for the University, Mohamed Ali Shihab Thangal Memorial Arabic University.
Sri Oommen Chandy
IKFS said in their press release that it can provide 10 acre of land in Kannur District with a reasonable price for the establishment of the Arabic University if Kerala Government finds it difficult to locate a suitable land.
IKFS Vice President Advocate Sayid Mohamed Nizar Thangal has suggested that the goodwill and resources that the Malayalam speaking expatriates and IKFS has in Arab countries can be used in the advantage of the proposed University.
Late Panakkad Sayid Mohamed Ali Shihab Thangal (file photo)
He said that as large number of Kerala population go to work in these Arab countries students who pass out from an Arabic University and knows both English and Arabic will be at advantageous positions.
IKFS has earlier submitted memorandum through their Patron K.M. Shaji, a Member of Legislative Assembly of Kerala State, when he visited Kuwait in March 2013 for the establishment of an Arabic University in the state.
K.M. Shaji, MLA (3rd from left) along with IKFS executives during his visit to Kuwait in 2013.
“Learning Arabic will increase job opportunities for Indian students,” a statement by IKFS said, adding, more than 10 million Indian expatriates are working in Arab countries and majority of them are poor in Arabic conversation. “Therefore, the establishment of an Arabic University will help the Indian expatriates adjust better to work in these countries,” it added.
Dr. Ghalib Al-Mashoor, IKFS President expressed his gratitude to the Vice Chairman of the Kerala State Higher Education Council for their “unanimous endorsement” earlier in May this year, when he said that such an institution will help India’s interest in the long run.