Okaz/Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — Charges of Saudi girls, who joined numerous sectors of the Nationwide Heart of Meteorology (NCM), have shot up 50 % in the course of the yr 2023 in comparison with final yr. This was disclosed by Ilham Khairat, director of the coaching division at NCM.
Chatting with Okaz/Saudi Gazette, Ilham unveiled plans to draw extra feminine cadres to forecasting specializations in future by way of sending them overseas underneath the International Scholarship Program to be able to meet the rising demand within the native labor market. “The NCM is striving to supply its cadets specialised programs within the subject of climate monitoring from institutes and facilities inside the Kingdom and overseas in order to comprehend the objectives of the Kingdom’s Imaginative and prescient 2030 by way of empowerment of girls and lift their degree of data {and professional} capabilities,” she stated, whereas noting that feminine staff at NCM occupy specialised professions within the subject of cloud seeding and dirt storms.
On her half, Dr. Nujoud Al-Ismail, director of climate enchancment division at NCM, stated that the feminine workers on the heart have high-level of technical and administrative expertise within the fields of meteorology, local weather, local weather change, early warning of sand and dirt storms, and the cloud seeding program. “This aligns with the Kingdom’s transfer to attain the objectives of the Saudi Inexperienced and Center East Inexperienced initiatives,” she added.