Yemen, Germany discuss € 2 mln technical education grant

SANA'A, March. 10 (Saba) -
Yemen and German discussed on Wednesday a grant of € 2 million from the German
government
to implement a project of technical education and vocational training in Yemen.

Minister of Technical Education and Vocational Training Ibrahim Hajri held talks
with the officer of Developmental Cooperation in the German embassy Stifany Scharf
on the
components of the project, which would focus on building the ministry's
institutional capacities.
The project aims also at training trainers and upgrading the abilities of the
technical and vocational institutes' managers throughout the country in addition to
supporting
the girl education and training programs.
Hajri affirmed the importance of improving the outputs of the technical education
and vocational training, hailing the support of the German government to Yemen in
this
field.
For her part, the German officer voiced readiness to begin the practical steps to
implement the project of supporting the technical education after signing the
agreement
with the ministry by the end of March.
TD/AF