Yemen, US discuss future technical training cooperation
The Source: SANA'A/hadharamaut.info/sabanews.net - 08/01/2011
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Yemen and the United States of America discussed here on Saturday the future cooperation in technical and vocational training fields.
This came in a meeting brought together Minister of Technical Education and Vocational Training Ibrahim Hajri and the US ambassador to Yemen Gerald Feierstein.
They discussed the possibility of broadening the joint cooperation areas, particularly in activating programs of training the Yemeni manpower to meet with needs of the local and regional markets.Hajri and Feierstein talked about considering the needs of technical and vocational education sector and the possibility of providing American assistance to upgrade the local expertise and curriculums as well as training the trainers of the technical and vocational institutions and community colleges.They also touched on the possibility of providing US scholarships to Yemeni trainers in different areas and availing from US experiences in preparing and carrying out joint training programs in information technology domains.For his part, the US ambassador expressed his country's readiness to present all assistance to qualify Yemeni youths and workers in various areas to be eligible to compete in the local and Gulf markets as well as in updating the relevant curriculums and training the trainers.
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