Human resources development panel formed under Royal directives

AMMAN — Upon His Majesty King Abdullah’s directives, Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour on Monday formed a national committee for human resources development, to be chaired by former higher education minister Wajih Owais.

The committee includes 12 other members: Saeed Darawzeh, Suhair Al-Ali, Samir Murad, Haifa Najjar, Abdullah Ababneh, Abdul Nasser Abul Basal, Ahed Wahadneh, Ali Nassrallah, Ayman Mazahreh, Amal Nseir, Taghreed Abu Taleb and Haifa Atiyeh.

In a letter to Ensour, the King directed the premier to form a national committee for human resources development that would prepare a national strategy, from which a 10-year plan to develop several sectors could be drawn, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The plan will deal with developing the elementary education, higher education, technical education and vocational training sectors with the purpose of achieving a qualitative leap in human resources and deciding on a set of reform policies that can support the modernisation and development process, in pursuance of the King’s directives.

The committee will also prepare for a national conference during which the strategy to develop human resources will be endorsed, Petra reported.

The strategy will present ways to develop manpower, starting from early childhood and up to working age, in accordance with applicable programmes and well-defined measuring tools and indicators.

It should define reform priorities, available financing options and steps to develop the labour market, to be endorsed by the Cabinet, and help outline the course for consecutive governments.