Yemen, JICA discuss BRIDGE project on Girls` Education

TAZI, May 19 (Saba) - Governor of Taiz Hamoud al-Sufi discussed here
on Tuesday with the resident representative of Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA) progress of the project of Broadening
Regional Initiative for Developing Girls' Education (BRIDGE).

The project supervised by JICA works in 59 schools at many distracts
of Taiz governorate.

The two officials reviewed the situations of 125 teachers the
project has been contracted temporarily with to work in the schools,
and discussed the possibility to employ them permanently.

Al-Sufi appreciated the education support of the Japanese
government, affirming that the project would receive all care to
facilitate its educational missions.

The Secretary General of Local Council Mohammed al-Haj reviewed with
the JICA's representative on the BRIDGE's future work.

The Japanese official expressed pleasure over the cooperation of
local authority with the project and its issues.

He affirmed that a delegation from JICA will visit Taiz next June
and would decide the BRIDGE's future based on the results of the
first stage and its meetings with local authority officials.

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