Tweisi meets UNESCO delegation over vocational training

AMMAN — Higher Education Minister Adel Tweisi on Saturday met with the Technical Support Mission of UNESCO to discuss the needs in the fields of vocational training and technical employment, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

Tweisi said that technical education is a main component of the National Strategy for Human Resources Development for 2016-2025, noting that the ministry started implementing new programmes to improve the outputs of technical education last year, in accordance with the requirements of the industrial sector and the labour market.

He stressed that the ministry is determined to help increase the number of students enrolled in technical education to 45 per cent of the total number of university students, calling for the cooperation of all stakeholders, the private sector and donors. The UNESCO representatives commended the ministry's work and stressed their keenness to continue coordinating in the future.