The prime minister, Mr. Mohammed Shaya al-Sudani, received the president of Basra University, Dr. Saad Shaheen Hammadi, and the rest of the university presidents and the advanced staff at the Ministry of higher education and scientific research in the presence of His Excellency the minister of higher education and scientific research. 
 
He pointed out that higher education was the most affected sector during the wars, the siege, the occupation phase, the security situation and the fight against terrorism, indicating the importance of education and its link to the benefits of all fields and sectors, and its role in building society and the individual.