Al Hussein Technical University (HTU), on Wednesday, signed an Memorandum of Understanding with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to establish a liaison office for the business community, through the USAID Jordan Workforce Development project.

The office is charged with sustaining a comprehensive relationship between the HTU and the Jordanian technology business sector. It will also strengthen the mechanism of cooperation in training the university’s students in the business technology sector

Under this agreement, the business community liaison office will be funded by USAID and will be located at the university premises.

The office will link the outputs of the education to the requirements of the labor market and will provide the university with the necessary information for scientific research and analysis of the business technology trends of the sector in the Kingdom.

The goal of the USAID-funded Jordan Workforce Development Project (WFD) is to create a competitive, demand-driven workforce development system that leads to increased private sector employment, especially for Jordanian women, youth and those living at or below the poverty line across Jordan.

Job placement is the primary objective of the WFD project; the life-of-project target is 4,235 job placements.

Al Hussein Technical University (HTU), founded by the Crown Prince Foundation (CPF), aims to support Jordanian youth’s pursuit of vocational, technical and applied education.

HTU is set to open its doors for registration at the beginning of October this year.

Source: Fana News