JEDDAH, 28 August 2007 — The National Commercial Bank (NCB) has recently signed an agreement to implement the “Anjaz” program in a number of government and private schools in Jeddah as part of the bank’s community service in order to attract global experiences in the successful development of students and support community education sector.
Eng. Mahmoud Turkistani, NCB head of Community Service Unit, who signed the agreement with Akif Al-Aqrabawi, regional vice president for the Arab Achievement in Middle East, said the program aims to create a complete new generation of young people capable of taking the initiative, leadership, participation in decision-making skills by providing students with the scientific skills needed to meet the challenges of today’s global economy through courses and workshops that provide them with the necessary skills and work ethic in the private sector and basic skills to establish their own businesses.
He said the program targeted male and female students aged 14 to 24 years old since this category is the fastest growing and is the fuel for the development of the nation.
Turkistani said the agreement includes the bank’s role in enabling students to create a real company during the training and selection of the name and logo of the company, as well as administrative roles to be distributed to members of the group.
Under the supervision of coach and trainers from the private companies, students will interact in a program based on Arab regional training curricula and prepared to suit the Saudi society.
He said the achievement program has achieved successful results in most Arab states where it worked to develop the capacities of 90 thousand students through the regional office in Jordan. The program also provides practical advice to students on the value of investment in human resources.
NCB has succeeded in establishing a pilot phase of the program during the current year in collaboration with the Department of Education in the Makkah region through the training of 120 students in a public school.
Several illusory companies were founded for several commercial projects as they distributed management roles, and by the end of the session, the best company was selected by an arbitration committee composed of private sector employees.
