Rashid: First program to reform technical and vocational training

The next year will see the implementation of the first program to reform the technical and vocational training with finances worth more than LE 600 million, said Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Rashid Mohamed Rashid.

He added that the program is meant for upgrading the performance level of the Egyptian labor to catch up with world standards.

The program is co-financed between different parties such as the World Bank which offers a grant worth $ 5.5 million and the European Commission which offers a grant worth 33 million euros in addition to the Egyptian government which provides for half cost of the project finances.

Rashid added that the program aims at upgrading the labor's performance in the industry, tourism and reconstruction sectors which absorb heavy labor.

Rashid stressed that the vocational and technical training reform program includes two main projects.

I: The first project aims at reforming the vocation and technical training polices with a cost of 66 million euros over six years.

II: The second project is meant for promoting labor skills in the small and medium-scale projects with a cost of $ 12.5 million over four years.

The remarks were made during a meeting of the trustees' council of the technical and vocational training program.