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Number of Peshmergas completed English language skills course: KRG Ministry of Peshmerga

The UK Consulate General in Erbil told Kurdistan 24 that the course consisted of 18 students and stretched a period of 12 weeks from Feb. 2023 until May 2023. Altogether, it contained over 100 hours of coursework.

Kurdistan 24 2023/06/19 21:47

Peshmergas that took part at the English language skills course at the University of Kurdistan in Erbil, June 18, 2023. (Photo: Ministry of Peshmerga)

Kurdistan Ministry of Peshmerga KRG University of Kurdistan Hewlêr UK Consulate General in Erbil

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) - A number of Peshmergas finished an English language skills course at the University Kurdistan-Hawler (UKH), according to a tweet from the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Peshmerga.

“An English language course has ended at the University of Kurdistan in Erbil in coordination with the reform Directorate of the MOPE (Ministry of Peshmerga), in which a number of officers and Peshmergas participated to improve their English language skills,” per the tweet.

An English language course has ended at Kurdistan University-Erbil in coordination with the reform Directorate of the MOPE, in which a number of officers and Peshmergas participated to improve their English language skills. pic.twitter.com/zN6R5lfJbF
— Ministry of Peshmerga (@KRG_MOPE) June 19, 2023

“This was a second course, next year we’ll have a third course, again for 18 students. We are aiming to start in October. After the third course the project might come to an end as the funding was for 3 years,” the Consulate added.

The UK along with the US and Netherlands are part of a comprehensive reform program at the Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs, aiming to modernize the Kurdish forces and unify them under the ministry’s command.