Hadhramout Foundation discuses partnership with the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Technical and Vocational Education and Training
The Executive Director of the Hadhramout Foundation (Human Development), Eng. Tariq Balkhshar, discussed with the Minister of Higher Education, Research, Technical and Vocational Education and Training, Prof. Khaled Al-Wasabi, the possible aspects of partnership and cooperation between the ministry and the foundation. The discussion took place during the visit of a delegation of the Hadhramout Foundation at the Ministry’s general office in the temporary capital of Aden.
During this meeting, discussions took place on the possibility of coordination between the foundation and the ministry in the fields of higher education, technical and vocational education and training through the programs offered by both the ministry and the foundation.
Minister Al-Wasabi referred to the efforts of Hadhramout Foundation in supporting human development, especially in the governorates of Hadhramout, Al-Mahra, Shabwa, Socotra, and the country as a whole through the numbers of scholarships spread in various countries of the world. Minister Al-Wasabi stressed the need to pay more attention to the field of technical education that the foundation is currently taking care of through the Department of Technical and Vocational Education and Training.
Eng. Tariq Balkhshar expressed the foundation's aspiration to open horizons of joint cooperation with the ministry to unify efforts in supporting higher education, technical and vocational education and training, adding that the foundation will celebrate its fifteenth anniversary in early August of this year.
Eng. Balkhshar presented in details the activities of the foundation and its various programs in support of general education, middle education and higher education, showing that the number of institutional scholarships exceeded five thousand sponsored students in various majors and degrees.
Eng. Abdullah Ahmad Bugshan, the Chairman of the Founders and Trustees Council, welcomed, via video call, the opening of horizons for joint cooperation between the foundation and the ministry which will positively impact the local community by providing more development programs in the field of higher education as well as vocational education.
The meeting concluded with the drafting of a joint memorandum of understanding between the ministry and the foundation, and the initiation of implementation steps by targeting technical and vocational education and training in Hadramout governorate, and the contribution between the foundation and the ministry to enhance middle education, which is one of the most important pillars of economic development in all countries of the world.
The meeting was attended by the Undersecretary for the Scholarships Sector, Dr. Mazen Al-Jofri, the representative of the foundation in Aden, Dr. Abubakr Barahim, the Director of the General Education Department at the foundation, Mr. Amin Baabad, The Director of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training Department, Eng. Abdullah Mehairi, Director of the Alumni Club Saeed Barayan, a member of the faculty at Hadhramout University, Dr. Sami Hamid, the Programs and Projects Coordinator at the Alumni Club Eng. Omar Bukair and Eng. Ammar Al-Qabbas.