HUMAD AFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF ARAB FORUM ON TECHNICAL TRAINING

RIYADH, Jan.18 (Saba) – Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Amat al-Razaq Humad affirmed the significance of the Arab Forum on Technical and Vocational Training and Labor Market Needs currently concluded on Monday in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.

This is because it deals with a mine stand of human development and a branch of the inclusive development, Humad added.

She considered the forum is a qualitative addition that provides a common Arab vision to find effective mechanisms to harmonize between the technical and vocational training and the market needs.

The political leadership in Yemen has given a special priority to the issues of unemployment and job opportunities creation as they are one of the challenges of development, Humad explained noting that that interest was reflected in the government programs and development plans.

A ministerial committee was formed to prepare an integral vision for reforming the education system through unifying the public, higher, technical and vocational education, so as to meet the requirements of development and market needs, Humad said.

Humad pointed that the government ten developmental priorities have focused on finding urgent treatments to ensure engaging Yemeni labor in the labor market in the GCC states and involving the private sector of Yemen and the GCC in management of the state-owned technical institutions.

In this respect, Humad expressed Yemen's appreciation for the Saudi king's supportive position to the GCC leaders' decision in Riyadh summit 2009 on taking the necessary actions to employ Yemen labor in the GCC labor markets.

She confirmed that this position is an extension of the constant sincere supportive efforts to Yemen, which strengthen the brotherly ties and the bilateral distinct relations.

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