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Employment and Entrepreneurship Fund launched

By JT - Jan 30,2018 - Last updated at Jan 30,2018

AMMAN — Education Minister Omar Razzaz on Tuesday attended a ceremony to launch the Employment and Entrepreneurship Fund as part of the Goal Programme. The programme targets female school students between the ages of 16 and 17 years, and female university students in the age group 18 and 20 in Amman and Irbid, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The programme, an international project, has been funded by the Standard Chartered Bank/Jordan for four years and implemented by Injaz, with the aim of serving and developing the local community through empowering young girls. The programme has trained more than 15,000 students and annually graduates some 2,000 students in Amman and Irbid.

 

 

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