Yemen’s Ministry of Technical Education has agreed with the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation in Riyadh on Sunday to activate a joint cooperation agreement and exchange program to promote partnerships between the two countries.
The agreement came during a meeting between Minister of Technical Education and Vocational Training, Dr. Abdul Razzaq Al-Ashwal, and Dr. Ahmed Bin Fahad, Governor of the Saudi Technical and Vocational Training Corporation.
Sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the Saudi corporation has provided the Yemeni ministry with more than 120 training units and programs in all fields of technical education and vocational training, in addition to the exchange of regulations governing professional work.
The Yemeni minister reviewed the situation of technical education and vocational training and the consequences of the coup launched by Houthi militias, including the destruction of the infrastructure of the country’s education system.
“The ministry has put forward urgent programs and projects for the development of technical and vocational education and we hope to activate the partnership with the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation, which has become a home for technical education in the Arab world,” Al-Ashwal said.
“There are more than two million young Yemenis outside school, which makes them the target of evil forces and terrorist groups. Therefore, the ministry recognizes the importance of developing rehabilitation and training programs and projects aimed at young people,” he added.
