Yemen launches community college called late Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad

Governor of Yemen's Socotra Island Raafat Al-Thuqli and Deputy Minister of Technical Education Abd Rabbu Al-Mahwali on Sunday laid the foundation stone for community college project named after the late Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. The college project is being launched under the support, supervision and implementation of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED). Yemeni News Agency (SABA) reported that the project includes a building for classrooms with a conference hall that can accommodate about 700 individuals, administrative and residential buildings, housing for faculty members and students, a restaurant, a mosque, a playground and other buildings on an area of 45 thousand square meters in the city of Hadibu, center of the governorate. Al-Thuqli appreciated the efforts of Kuwait and its unlimited support for education in Yemen, adding that proceeding with the project confirms the government's interest in establishing educational institutions that enhance the labo r market with qualified and specialized cadres. For his part, Al-Mahouli expressed his happiness for laying the foundation stone of the project, pointing out that this project will contribute to strengthening the specialized scientific aspect on Socotra Island. Source: Kuwait News Agency