All Jordan youth has empowered 10,000 young men and women in the field of foreign languages
Translated by Dana Al-Shakhanbeh
The All Jordan Youth Authority, the youth arm of the King
Abdullah II Fund for Development, organized about 400 sessions, which were held
at the authority’s headquarters spread across all governorates, during which it
enabled 10,000 young people in the field of foreign languages.
According to a statement issued by the authority on Friday,
the idea of holding training courses and empowering young people in foreign
languages, especially English, came after the local and foreign labor market
stipulated that young people possess language skills as one of the main
elements in obtaining jobs.
The director of the
authority, Lawyer Abdel Rahim Al-Zawahra, said that the authority found, by
identifying the needs of young people, that there is a priority to develop
their skills in several languages, including English, Chinese, French and
German, as it concluded agreements and partnerships with institutions
supporting the youth sector to implement a national program that contributes to
strengthening language skills of various cognitive levels.
He added that these
courses are offered to all youth groups free of charge, and witnessed a
remarkable turnout for their comprehensiveness and their reliance on a modern
methodology in methods of education and empowerment, and the use of measurement
and evaluation indicators to determine the effectiveness of the impact Youth
training.
Al-Zawahra pointed out that the opportunity is still
available for those wishing to join the courses and clubs offered by the
authority, to develop themselves in the field of languages by visiting the
authority's websites in the governorates, or electronic registration and
communication with the authority's coordinators.