Jordan Times
Monday, April 7, 2008
PM highlights need to create job opportunities for youths
AMMAN (JT) - Prime Minister Nader Dahabi on
Sunday said the government has placed its hopes in the Jordanian Company for
Training and Recruitment (JCTR) to create job opportunities for young persons.
The company has the full support of the Ministry of Labour, the Jordan Armed
Forces (JAF) and the private sector, the premier said.
Chairing a meeting of the JCTR’s higher committee yesterday, Dahabi stressed the
importance of producing highly-skilled graduates who are competitive in the
labour market.
Dahabi also instructed the Labour Ministry to analyse the situation of guest
workers in the Kingdom by sector so as to determine future training programmes,
the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
The committee also stressed the need to provide all workers in the construction
sector with social security, calling on the Ministry of Public Works and Housing
and investors to hire trainees from the company for construction megaprojects in
the Kingdom.
JCTR Director General Brigadier General Salah Qudah said a total of 4,000
trainees have completed military training as of early February and are already
training at nine vocational centres affiliated to the Vocational Training
Corporation, Petra reported.
The vocational training period is scheduled to end in May, when trainees will
start receiving field experience.
JCTR, with a capital of JD100,000, is working to provide young people with
training and recruitment opportunities in the field of construction in
conjunction with the Labour Ministry, the JAF and the private sector.
In May 2007, His Majesty King Abdullah instructed the JAF to start recruiting
unskilled civilians and train them in professions needed by the sector, which
has been flourishing in the recent years with large-scale projects carried out
in Amman, Aqaba and the Dead Sea.
Meanwhile, the premier on Sunday also met with President of the Burundi Senate
Rufyikiri Gervais, who is heading a parliamentary delegation to the Kingdom to
discuss means to enhance bilateral ties.
At the meeting, Dahabi stressed the importance of economic cooperation to
increase trade volume between the two countries.
Gervais expressed his country’s appreciation for Jordan’s efforts to preserve
security and stability in Burundi through peacekeeping forces, highlighting the
role Jordan plays in enhancing international security and stability.
Gervais said Burundi was looking for Jordan’s support to help rebuild the
country and facilitate development, noting the country is currently focusing on
education, health and agriculture infrastructure.
Also yesterday, Senate President Zeid Rifai met with Gervais.
At the meeting, Rifai stressed the Kingdom’s eagerness to enhance cooperation
with Burundi and African nations in various fields, particularly parliamentary
cooperation.
Meanwhile, Lower House Speaker Abdul Hadi Majali received Gervais and the
accompanying delegation, stressing the importance of enhancing commercial
exchange and investments, especially in the field of agriculture. The officials
also reviewed the developments pertaining the Palestinian issue and the
situation in Iraq.