JORDAN'S MINISTER OF EDUCATION WILL HOST MAY

UNCLAS AMMAN 003157 SIPDIS NEA FOR LAROCCO NEA/PI FOR AROMANOWSKI SECSTATE FOR NEA/PI SKASHKETT, NEA/ARN ASCHEDLBAUER, NEA/ENA JRUBIN NEA/PPD CBOURGEOIS, DMACINESS, MQUINN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: SCUL KPAO KMPI XF JO OXEC KEDU SUBJECT: JORDAN'S MINISTER OF EDUCATION WILL HOST MAY 15 EDUCATION INITIATIVE MEETING REF: SECSTATE 078562 ¶1. In a meeting with PAO and CAO on April 18, Jordan's Minister of Education Dr. Khalid Touqan agreed to co-host the MEPI-sponsored Education Steering Committee on the morning of May 15. ¶2. The meeting will be held at the Dead Sea as a preliminary to the World Economic Forum, and is currently envisioned as a continuation of the WEF- organized Jordan Education Initiative (JEI) conference taking place in Amman the previous day. In the May 15 meeting, private sector representatives and education ministers will focus on successful examples of business support for educational reform. Hale