Cisco Academy at Hisham Hijjawi College of Technology was selected as a training center for trainers and as an international academic support center due to the excellent performance it showed during the last period with respect to the competency of the trainers and the quality of training provided. The evaluation process that was conducted by CISCO global company also proved the excellent performance that Cisco Academy has shown.

Through this new system the work of the local and regional academies will end and all of them will be turned into special academies dedicated to student training. Two new types of academies have been introduced: The Instructor Training Center ICT which offers special training for trainers who wish to work in any of Cisco’s academies and the training services offered will target trainers all over the world.

The other is the Academy Support Center ASC which provides the necessary technical support for Cisco academies on the local and international levels. As part of the preparations for this project, Engineer Muhammad Zahlan and Engineer Munif Qaffaf have participated in a specialized workshop as trainers of trainers (TOT) in the Academy where they introduced the trainers to the new system of Cisco academies. According to this new system, the relationship between Cisco Academy at Hisham Hijjawi College of Technology and CISCO global company will be a direct one.

Dr. Shaker Bitar, Dean of Hijjawi College, said he was happy that the College was able to make such achievement thanks to the dedicated efforts of its staff. He added that this promising project will have positive impacts on the quality of services the Cisco Academy offers.