Education Authority boosts Student Support Fund to 40M dinars
The Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development announced an increase in the allocations of the Student Support Fund for higher education to 40 million dinars, an increase of 10 million dinars in line with royal directives. This raises the expected number of beneficiaries to approximately 63,000 students instead of the previous 53,000. The ministry also approved a new mechanism for distributing grants and loans among the provinces, which will be implemented starting with the 2026-2027 academic year. The aim is to enhance fairness in the distribution of support based on demand and population density, while maintaining existing eligibility conditions and standards. This initiative is part of the government's ongoing efforts to increase funding for the Student Support Fund and to develop the system for distributing grants and loans, which has since its establishment in 2004 provided support to around 747,000 students at a cost of over 687 million dinars.
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