Almotamar.net, Saba - The Board of Directors at the World Bank (WB) in Washington approved financing Yemen Higher Education Quality Improvement Project (HEQIP) with US$ 13 million.
The project to be implemented in Universities of Sana'a, Aden, Amran, Dhamar, Hadramout, Hodeidah, Ibb and Taiz aims to create the enabling conditions for the enhancement of the quality of university programs and graduate employability.
According to a press release issued by the WB, the project will finance four components: Quality Improvement in University Programs for the amount of US$ 8.2 million, Quality Assurance for the amount of US$ 1.3 million, Institutional Capacity Development for the amount of US$1.4 million and Monitoring and Evaluation and Project Management for the amount of US$2.1 in relation to the activities undertaken under the other three components.
Minister for Higher Education and Scientific Research Saleh Ba-Sura said that the government confirmed its commitment to improve the higher education sector, but it needs "much of the help from its development partners".
"Yemen looks to the Bank for its experience and knowledge to provide support to the higher education sector in Yemen" the Minister said.
The Task Team Leader Lianqin Wang said that WB Board of Directors provided the sum to Yemen in response to the government's request to achieve the holistic vision outlined in the higher education sector strategy.
Yemen has eight public universities and 13 private ones. Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has drawn up a National Strategy for Higher Education to tackle the shortcomings in the Yemeni Universities.
The United Arab Emirates acknowledged on Tuesday that two of its pilots were killed when their military aggression plane crashed over Jawf province, a military official said
The official added that the aggressive crashed plane was an apache that was
Artillery of the army and popular shelled a gathering of Saudi-paid mercenaries in al-Moqadra area in Serwah district of Marib province, a military official said on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, dozens of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed and others injured in Wadi al-Theek in the district, the official added.
The army and popular forces carried out on Monday unique military operations in Taiz province.
A military official said that a number of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed at the hands of the army and popular forces in al-Jazami Hill in al-Kadaha area in al-Ma'afer district.
A Saudi aggression fighter jet targeted a citizen's car driving in Fara area of Kutaf district in Saada province overnight, killing the driver and injuring his friend, a security official said on Monday.
The army artillery and popular committees launched a fierce attack on Saudi-paid mercenaries' sites in Jawf province, a military official said on Monday.
The attack destroyed a military vehicle belonging to the mercenaries and killed all on board in Sabran area in khab and shaaf district.
Scores of Saudi enemy soldiers were killed and injured on Sunday when the army and popular forces repelled a Saudi military attempt to sneak into Shurfah site in the border province of Najran, a military official said.
The operation was accomplished successfully against the Saudi
The army and popular committees have killed a total of 18 Saudi-paid mercenaries in sniper operations over the past hours in the central province of Marib, a military official said on Sunday.
Ten mercenaries were killed in Nehm district and eight others were killed in Serwah district, said the official.
Saudi aggression warplanes have launched more than 49 airstrikes over the past hours on several residential areas across Yemen, a security official said on Sunday.
The airstrikes targeted the areas of Malahiz and Husama in Dhahir district, and areas Thuban, Masahif and Sdad in Bakim district of northern Saada province.
WB approves financing $ 13 million for HEQIP in Yemen
