AMMAN –– The Qatar Fund for Development offered has offered the
Jordanian education sector some $6.7 million as a grant to boost and improve
the educational capabilities of youth, in cooperation with the
Qatar Education
Above All Foundation (EAA), according to the Jordan News Agency, (Petra).
اضافة اعلان
A memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed on Tuesday by the Minister
of Education Mohammad Abu Qdeis and the Director General of the Qatari fund
Khalifa bin Jassim Al-Kuwari during a ceremony attended by a number of other
officials.
The other officials included the Minister of Planning and
International Cooperation Nasser Shraideh, Qatari Ambassador Sheikh Saud bin
Nasser Al-Thani, and the Director General of the EAA's Al-Fakhoora Program
Talal Al-Hathal, according to a Planning Ministry press release.
The program aims to support Jordanian students and enable them to complete
their studies in technical and applied disciplines that are needed in the local
and regional labor market, and will also help a number of refugee students in
the Kingdom, the statement said.
It offers education services to 800 Jordanian and refugee students, as well as
bachelor’s and local and technical diplomas for those who are selected
according to Education Ministry’s criteria.
The program will be carried out
through Luminus Technical University College.
Minister Shraideh commended the relations between Jordan and the Qatar,
expressing Jordan's desire to further bolster ties at the various levels.
He added that he valued Qatar's aid to Jordan's development efforts, including
a recent grant of 10 million Qatari riyals ($2.75 million) by Qatar Charity for
the Ministry of Health to buy coronavirus vaccines.
The Qatar Fund for Development also contributed $4.2 million to the health
sector to deal with the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing
challenge of Syrian refugees.
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