Soon: Vocational training centers countrywide

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi Ministry of Labor on Sunday announced a plan to open vocational training centers for the country’s unemployed as part of its investment plan for the year 2009. “The Labor and Vocational Training Department has included several construction and rehabilitation projects in its 2009 investment plan,” a statement received by IraqiNews.com news agency quoted a media advisor for the ministry, Abdullah al-Lami, as saying. Eight of these centers will be connected to the main center in the ministry, the statement added. SS (P) 1