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HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), honoured 25 staff who graduated from Academy Programme for scholarships funded by RTA. He also honoured employees who obtained degrees in 2018 under RTA’s Academic Achievement programme as well as graduates of Artificial Intelligence Programme at the University of Oxford sponsored by the Office of the Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence.

During the event, which took place at RTA’s headquarters, Al Tayer was pleased to honour employees graduating from Academy programme including four graduates holding Master’s degrees in engineering, and 19 graduates who benefited from the Academic Achievement and Study-break sponsorships programmes. The 19 graduates comprise a PhD graduate, six Master’s degree graduates, 11 Bachelor’s degree graduates and one Diploma graduate.

Academy graduates also included two holders of Artificial Intelligence Programme at the reputed University of Oxford. It is the first programme of its kind to avail UAE government employees’ qualification in Artificial Intelligence administered by the Office of the Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence. 

Al Tayer acknowledged RTA’s commitment to supporting the career development of employees and fostering a perfect environment to hone their skills.

Such efforts will contribute to the career progression of promising Emiratis to take up key leadership posts and contribute to the realisation of RTA’s strategic objectives.

Academic Programmes

“RTA is seeking to realise the directives of leaders in nurturing an optimal environment for grooming potential young leaders and developing innovative skills for envisioning the future. RTA provides a host of academic programmes for employees such as Academy for completing their high studies in various disciplines namely Master’s degree in Engineering, Master’s degree in General Studies, Diploma in Business Administration, and Master’s degree in rare and future studies,” said Al Tayer. 

These programmes aim to prepare qualified Emiratis to take up diverse job, enhance their retention and empowerment efforts, and assist with the Emiratisation of jobs policy. RTA also offers scholarships to high-achievers so that they can pursue their university studies in fields compatible with RTA’s current and future projects,” he added. 

RTA provides a host of academic scholarships and training programmes such as ‘Qeyadi’ launched in 2009 for grooming the first, second and third generation of RTA’s leaders. In 2018, RTA revamped the 4th edition of the programme to target young engineers. 

It also developed the ‘New Manager’ programme offering inductees orientation during the first 90 days in jobs to help them comprehend RTA’s culture and business process in an orderly fashion. 

RTA also offered ‘Edaad’ programme for fresh graduates to instill in them practical skills and ‘Role Model’ programme for the transfer of experience from mentors to mentees in the second and third generation through individual training sessions to benefit from the leadership expertise in the RTA. 

It also developed ‘Bedayati’ programme for training young Emiratis recruits, offering them a hospitable environment, and integrating them in RTA’s environment such that they can take up new positions as soon as possible.