Education ministry, Care strike deal

SANA'A, Sep 23 (Saba) - Ministry of Education and the Care
Organization singed on Tuesday an agreement for implementing a
project aimed at improving the quality of primary school in the
country.

The project would be implemented with funding from the Dubai
Corporation at a cost of $ 19.9 million.

The project is designed to get 36.000 children into primary schools,
enable girls to attend school, build up the capabilities of 400 male
and female teachers, construct 100 primary schools and supply safe
water for schools and resident communities.

It also aims at bolstering the government's efforts to meet the
goals of the millennium of gender equality in education through
increasing the rates of primary students and providing incentives
for them to go on learning.