Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, the Minister of Education, has said UAE is committed to be a major training and research hub in the region. Addressing a graduation ceremony on Sunday of 150 national students of the "Intilaqa" programme at the Centre Of Excellence for Applied Research and Training (CERT), the Education Minister reiterated the attention the UAE government paid to human resource development, adding that it was among its list of priorities. The "Intilaqa" programme has, for the past three years, been providing training and support for students to set up private business enterprises, according to a report of the UAE news agency " WAM".