Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Work has begun on a Kuwaitfunded school in the province of Tafilah, 200 kilometers south of the capital Amman, Jordanian and Kuwaiti organizers announced Saturday.
The school, named after His Highness, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah is to be built from a charitable USD 4.2 million grant from Kuwait. The school is set to be built on a sprawling area of 10,000 square meters to accommodate some 2,500 students.
The commencement ceremony, held Saturday, was attended by top officials from both countries including
Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Mohammed Thneibat and Kuwait's ambassador to
the Hashemite Kindgom, Dr. Hamad Al Duaij. In comments to KUNA, Thneibat expressed gratitude for Kuwait's
financing of the project.
The project, comprised of two coeducational schools, is set to consist of 40 classrooms on four different floors, in addition to vast sports grounds and a parking lot, all built on lush surroundings.
Moreover, Jordan's Minister of Public Works, Sammy Halsa, told KUNA that the school contains of all the
necessary features to make it one of the nation's preeminent academic institutions. The school is set to open
its doors in one year's time, Halsa added.
*KUNA
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