The College of Education for Pure Sciences Organizes Awareness Activities for the National Security Strategy 2025-2030

The departments of the College of Education for Pure Sciences at the University of Samarra organized awareness activities as part of the five-year plan for the National Security Strategies 2025-2030, set by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers under the slogan (“Iraq First”).
The College’s activities included a seminar in the Department of Physics on “Mental Health and Drug Prevention,” presented by Dr. Azhar Youssef Khalaf, to highlight the importance of promoting students’ health and psychological awareness, recognizing the dangers of addiction and substance abuse, and the necessity of disseminating a culture of early prevention, in line with the state’s directive to protect society and the university environment from harmful behaviors.
The seminar focused on the psychological and social factors causing addiction, the most prominent behavioral indicators that necessitate early intervention, in addition to reviewing support and psychological counseling programs within universities, and the role of the family in follow-up and prevention.
Meanwhile, the Department of Chemistry organized a seminar on “How to Effectively Manage the Environment,” presented by a group of the department’s professors, who defined the importance of environmental management in institutions and society through setting clear plans to achieve environmental sustainability and reduce negative environmental impacts.
In the same context, the lecturers added that effective environmental management includes establishing an integrated environmental management system, analyzing the environmental impacts of various activities, promoting environmental awareness among employees and the community, and highlighting the elements of environmental management, namely setting policies and goals, developing executive programs to improve energy efficiency and reduce waste, alongside continuous monitoring and measurement of environmental performance.
The activities concluded by emphasizing the importance of partnership among educational, health, and civil society institutions in confronting the phenomenon of drug abuse, within a comprehensive national vision to enhance community security and public health, in addition to the necessity of involving individuals and society in supporting environmental efforts, and encouraging sustainable practices such as recycling and reuse, which contribute to achieving a safe environment and healthy life for future generations.
It is worth noting that these seminars come within the university presidency’s efforts to implement the state’s National Security Strategy and apply the instructions of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in demonstrating the university’s role in achieving the state’s five-year plan.