Britain has agreed to pay its annual contribution of 20 million pounds to support the Palestinian Authority (PA) budget Minister of Education Sabri Saydam said on Saturday.
According to Saydam part of the contribution will go to education as proof of Britain’s support for the development of the education sector.
The decision was announced during a telephone call Saydam received from the British Minister of State for International Development and Minister of State for the Middle East at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office Alistair Burt.
Saydam said that the continued support of education by donor countries demonstrates the high level and confidence in the Palestinian educational system and its ability to achieve qualitative results.
He stressed the need to maintain this kind of support which helps strengthen the educational system.
He further pointed out that such support serves development goals and ministry plans for advancement especially after the recent first meeting for donors and international partners for education in Gaza which recommended paying greater attention to the education sector in the blockaded Gaza Strip.
