The World Bank (WB) announced that it would grant Yemen $10 million to improve and develop higher education in the country, Saba reported. Yemeni Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Mohammed Mutahar said on Saturday to the state-run 26sep.net that the WB grant was approved in the wake of the success achieved by Yemen in implementing the first phase of the project of developing higher education financed by the WB. Mutahar pointed out that the grant would focus on future development of higher education, including the development of higher education institutions, such as financial management, funding of university education and the establishment of a centre of the development of university education. "The grant will help improve and develop teaching and learning process and training means of university officials in addition to developing university education programs and university libraries and introducing electronic library systems", said Mutahar. The Yemeni official noted that a mission of the WB had concluded recently a visit to Yemen where they were briefed the project of developing higher education and the preparations for launching the new project.
