Jobless Syrians have little use for government’s new construction training program
Syrians are reluctant to apply to the technical training centers the regime plans to establish because of the shockingly low stipends provided.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a decree Feb. 2 to establish technical training centers for construction work.
According to the new law, the training centers aim to provide the job market with competent technical staff that will raise productivity, boost the construction sector’s contribution to Syria's gross domestic product and improve the quality of construction works.