His Excellency Sheikh Hamdan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, on the occasion of the eleventh death anniversary of late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, emphasized that the growing achievements of the UAE, its leading positions in the international competitiveness indicators, and its strategic location on the world economic, social, cultural, political, and humanitarian map, is nothing but the harvest of what has been instilled by the founding leader, and his successors who followed in his footsteps, led by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of UAE, and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. His Excellency Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mubarak said: “The virtues of the father, the role model, and Zayed’s plant, are firmly rooted in the UAE, and its branches are high in the sky, and cover all areas of life”, noting that the prestigious global status of the UAE was reached through following such approach, and with the care of the wise leadership whose vision is sharp and forward-looking, under which higher education achieved advanced competitive indicators at the regional and global levels. He also underscored the creativity and innovation strategy pursued by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research to maintain that position and move forward, by will and strong determination that fit with the growing challenges, requirements, and developments in the next stages, and to contribute to fulfilling the promise of the leadership to make the Emiratis among the world’s happiest people, and to make the UAE one of the best countries in the world in its golden jubilee in 2021. His Excellency renewed the pledge on this occasion remembered by every UAE individual, that the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research will remain the developer of the UAE citizen, and will be up to the challenge by establishing a strong human base for a sustainable infrastructure that works on the localization of UAE knowledge-based economy, in cooperation with all sectors, ministries, and institutions in the country and abroad, and its partnerships with them, and that the State will see the fruits of this localization, God willing, in 2021.