A meeting was held in Aden between a delegation from the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the Internationally Recognized Government’s Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, Technical Education, and Vocational Training Khaled Al-Wassabi, to discuss the needs of vocational institutes in the governorates of Aden, Lahij, and Taiz, and ways to enhance their support and development.
Minister Al-Wassabi stressed the importance of preparing a clear and joint action plan between the Ministry and the organization to regulate project implementation and unify efforts. This is intended to contribute to raising the quality of technical education and vocational training.
Al-Wassabi affirmed the Ministry’s commitment to directing available funding toward the actual priorities needed by the local labor market, to ensure that training programs are genuinely feasible and serve development.
For their part, the IOM representatives reviewed the results of the engineering team’s field visit to a number of vocational institutes in the three governorates, detailing the main challenges and technical needs that require support and development.