Amman, October 11 (Petra) – Minister of Education and Human Resources Development Azmi Mahafzah and Norwegian Ambassador to Jordan Andreas Løvold met Sunday to discuss expanding cooperation on education.

During the meeting, Mahafzah discussed the Ministry’s development plans and programmes aimed at improving various aspects of the educational process.

Mahafzah highlighted the establishment of the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development under the Economic Modernisation Vision and the Public Sector Modernisation Roadmap.

The new ministry provides a unified framework for integrating education, from kindergarten and basic and secondary education through to higher education.

For his part, Løvold emphasised the importance of the longstanding partnership between the two countries, built on years of constructive cooperation and affirmed the Norwegian government’s readiness to support the Ministry’s development programmes.

//Petra// AK