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Thursday 10 Dec 2015 - 12:27 Makkah mean time-28-2-1437
Riyadh, (IINA) - The Saudi government has decided to allocate 3,000 scholarships for Syrian students enrolled to various public academic institutions of higher education, Arab News reported.
The Ministry of Education (MoE) has directed 23 local universities to accept 3,000 Syrian students for the academic year 1436/1437 A.H.
MoE sources said that the scholarships were granted under the directive of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and that they are renewable if there’s a need.
They said that the “generous and humanitarian gesture of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques is in keeping with the Kingdom’s fraternal bond with Syria, which has been wracked by war”.
The MoE sources said that the standing committee has set the objectives of the scholarship program and developed the preparation of acceptance controls, mechanisms, and criteria for admission.
It also formulated the benefits granted to the students, determined the budget costs and the distribution of the scholarship grants to the local higher education institutions in the Kingdom.
The program aims to develop talented Syrian students as scientists, economists, and leaders so that they could be of help to their compatriots and their country later.
“The scholarships mean a lot to many young Syrians whose dreams and ambitions have been dashed by the raging war in our country”, said a Syrian, whose family left Syria because of the war.
Syrians in the Kingdom have expressed gratitude to the “generous and humanitarian gesture of the Kingdom which has not only helped us but also our compatriots who have been displaced by the war”.
AG/IINA
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