Private university education in Yemen between support and opposition

Abstract

introduction
Recently, a comprehensive review has taken place in Yemen of the role of the state in all fields (1) and there are still studies and trends towards transformation. Among these issues are services, and the need to reduce the role of the state in them, and among these services are education and health.
The field of education has expanded as an activity of the state, and has greatly increased in recent years, as the number of students in the basic education stage has reached 2951,334 male and female students, and the number of its schools is 12,560 schools. School (2) and in university education 139,822 male and female students during the year 1998/1999 AD, and the mere thought of making an amendment or reform requires extreme caution and careful steps, so that change or development does not collide with the customer base of the members of society, which represents the majority of citizens (student + family). In light of the ongoing economic transformations and based on the announced policies of privatization, will education continue as an activity whose ownership and management reverts to the state?

Modernizing or developing it, and does the vision of the future oblige us to look for new formulas for the form of ownership of education institutions and management systems (3).

After achieving unity in 1990 AD, Yemen tended to take care of education in all its aspects. The first national conference was held to review the conditions of technical education and vocational training (4) and education was unified between the two parts of the country. Tenth, the tendency to develop curricula and make them functional and related to the lives of students. Universities and university colleges have spread in the governorates of Yemen, and the state has allowed the private sector to invest in education by opening many private schools, colleges and private universities. Given the great role that universities play through teaching, scientific research and community service, it has The institutions of society resorted to it asking for their help or the expertise of their professors in times of peace as it is in times of war, and it is known that the achievements of universities in various fields of life depend primarily on the adequacy and capabilities of those in charge of them. And instead of the tendency to establish private and private universities.
It was more appropriate for the government and the owners of national capital to provide aid and assistance to the existing universities in order for them to be able to fulfill their scientific obligations towards the Yemeni society as required.