​Prof. Amr Ezzat Salama, the Secretary General of AArU, said that it is noteworthy that the unemployment rate among graduates in the Arab region is about 28%. In his speech, in the 23^rd International Arab Conference on Information Technology hosted by Al Ain University – UAE and in the presence of Ms. Lina Albitar, the Administrative Director of AArU, Prof. Salama mentioned the number of required jobs needed in Arab region is about 60 million jobs during the next 3 decades, also he mentioned that 50% of the traditional jobs will be disappeared from the worldwide.  Moreover, new job opportunities will be emerged that relies on informatics, creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship.

On the other hand, he mentioned that higher education institutions are forced to include informatics in their education programs, and it should be a basic part in the process of education to improve the institution outcomes regarding the labor market requirements and maintain the requirements of sustainability.