Damascus, SANA- The Ministry of Education signed a memorandum of understanding with Norwegian Refugee Council for cooperation in the aspects of rehabilitating schools and training educational cadres.

The memo inked by Director of Planning and International Cooperation at the Ministry, Ghassan Shugri, and Director of the Council (Andres Gonzalez Rodriguez), including cooperation in the aspects of maintenance and rehabilitation of schools, providing school bags and stationery, and implementing of training courses for teaching and administrative cadres.

The memorandum was signed in the Ministry’s building, and also included cooperation to provide compensatory lessons for students of the basic and secondary education certificates, health awareness campaigns, support for adolescents to engage in vocational education, and the provision of psychological and social support.