Education

29 Jun 2010

Below is an overview of the present status and the outcomes with regard to education in Yemen.

National strategies

Under the National Strategy for the Development of Higher Education in Yemen (NSDHEY) the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MoHESR) focuses on raising the quality and impact of education programmes as the current education system is not yet flexible enough to provide lifelong learning.

Under the National Strategy for the Development of Technical and Vocational Education and Training the Ministry of Technical Education and Vocational Training aims for TVET to account for 15% of educational output by 2014. The strategy focuses on:

skills development
better labour market linkages
institutional capacity development
capacity building and sustainability
diversified financing

Donors

The World Bank and the Netherlands are the two major donors in Yemen’s higher education sector. The World Bank’s Higher Education Quality Improvement Project supports individual universities and aims to create enabling conditions for the enhancement of the quality of university programmes and graduate employability.

Quality assurance

A smaller part of this project focuses on quality assurance. The Netherlands has supported higher education through the NPT programme, by restructuring the MoHESR and reforming teacher education (for secondary school teachers in science).

TVET

In TVET, the World Bank supports the community colleges in Sana’a, Aden and Hadramout. Under the NPT programme, the Netherlands supported the introduction of professional bachelors and competence-based education. The Japanese focus on developing the car industry and fisheries.

Alignment

NICHE will ensure that its support to the education sector will complement other donor initiatives.

More information

Visit the website of the Ministry of Technical education and Vocational Training

Download the TVET strategy document (685 kB)

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