HE Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) and the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs (MADLSA) on Sunday announced the scholarship plan and its general conditions for the academic year 2019-2020.

Assistant Undersecretary of the Administrative Affairs at the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs Abdullah Musallam al Dosari highlighted the importance of implementing the government scholarship programme in response to the directives of the wise leadership of Qatar.

Dosari said the government scholarship programme aims to provide Qataris in diverse specialised fields to meet the needs of the labour market. The total number of students getting scholarships since the launch of the programme in 2015 is 4,171.

He said that 1,942 scholarships will be granted as part of the 2019-2020 scholarship plan among bachelors’ and diploma students required by Qatar’s labour market such as supply chain management, airport management, aviation security, logistics, medicine, agriculture, livestock and fisheries, statistics etc.

Acting Undersecretary for Higher Education Affairs at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education Dr Khalid al Ali praised the efforts made by the two ministries and the coordination between them, which has led to the success of the scholarship plan. Dr Ali spoke about the efforts of the State and its interest in developing the skills and capacities of the youth to achieve sustainable development.

He said that the Ministry of Education and Higher Education will provide guidance on the scholarships to students, whereas the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs will prepare the general policy for scholarships and coordinate with government agencies to prepare their scholarship plans in light of their needs and then send them to the Ministry of Education. (QNA)

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Khadiza Begum

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