Vocational training in 2006 [Archives:2005/907/Business & Economy]

The ministry of Technical and Vocational Training begins in 2006 the second preparation phase for of the map of vocational education in Yemen.

This phase includes providing modern supplies and equipment to be employed during the preparation period. The aerial surveys via satellites will be used to locate the sites and centers that the first phase had already defined in addition to become acquainted with other Arab and foreign countries experiences in this field.

The phase also includes training and qualification of the staff that would undertake preparation of the map. The technical education map would give an image of the current situation of this type of education in Yemen.

It will form one of the ministry's contributions aimed at drawing the future steps for establishing new vocational institutes and community colleges in addition to determine new specialties that are compatible with the labor market needs. This also depends on the population density, the geographical areas and outputs of basic and secondary education that represent major inputs in vocational and technical education.

It is worth mentioning that the Ministry of Technical and Vocational Education had finished implementation of the first phase. This phase included preparation of surveys of institutes and centers of the ministry in the governorates provincial capitals and districts. It also included determining potential schools of basic and secondary education and studying the relationship between them and the vocational education system.
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