UAE Vice-President honours top students

Shaikh Mohammad with 185 graduates and officials at Dubai Medical College for Girls   His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, yesterday honoured the top ten students of the Dubai Medical College for Girls (DMCG).Shaikh Mohammad honoured the top students
 during a graduation cere-mony for two batches of the colleges of medicine and pharmacology at the DMCG.
Shaikh Maktoum Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, was present during the ceremony.
In the opening speech given on behalf of the chairman of the college\'s board of trustees, Shaikh Mohammad was thanked for sponsoring the graduation ceremony and for his keen follow-up of DMCG\'s march over the past 26 years. The chairman reaffirmed that the college\'s initiatives and programmes, and its determination to produce innovative and pioneering graduates embody Shaikh Mohammad\'s vision.
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Shaikh Mohammad then watched a documentary on the march of education in the UAE and the development of medical sciences. He also watched a documentary focusing on mothers and Shaikh Mohammad\'s honouring of them on the sixth anniversary of his accession as Ruler of Dubai.
At the conclusion of the ceremony, Shaikh Mohammad took a commemorative photo with the 185 graduates from the DMCG\'s Medical and Pharmacology College.
Also present during the graduation were Shaikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research; Abdul Rahman Mohammad Al Owais, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development, other shaikhs, ministers and senior officials.
In a statement on behalf of the students, a graduate Dr Al Anoud Abdul Rahman Al Zamel thanked Shaikh Mohammad for sponsoring the ceremony, for his wise directives and keen follow-up of the college\'s progress.