AMMAN —
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Wajih Owais on Sunday urged the heads of public
universities to give grants and loans to students who applied for them, in
order for them to be able to register for the second semester of the 2021–2022 academic
year.
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He also urged them to exempt students
from paying a penalty fee for not having paid the tuition on time and to allow
students who were forced to postpone starting the second semester for the same
reason to start with the rest of the students, according to ministry spokesman
Mohannad Al-Khatib.
Khatib told
Jordan News that
the ministry move is a result of Royal directives, which asked that all
students be allowed to benefit from internal grants and loans to enable them to
continue studying in the current academic year.
According to Khatib, the ministry was
to announce the names of those benefiting from the grants and loans yesterday
evening, via text messages to students and on the ministry website.
Owais told
Jordan News that about
74,000 students applied to the ministry to benefit from grants and loans, and
that "the ministry has so far helped more than 45,000 students”, while “more
than 27,000 students remain in need of assistance".
He added that about JD30 million was allocated to support the students, “and we must thank His Majesty
King Abdullah
for this noble honor and the wonderful gesture”.
Director of the Admission and
Registration Unit at the
University of Jordan Ashraf Adwan told
Jordan News that the university will immediately implement the minister’s instructions, as the
university “cares about the interests of students and tries to help them as
much as possible, especially in light of the difficult economic conditions".
Yarmouk University’s department of
public relations and media director Nawzat Abul Asal said that according to the
president of
Yarmouk University, Islam Massad, the university's Dean Council
decided on Monday to comply with the minister’s directives.
In implementation of the directives
of His Majesty King Abdullah, Prime Minister
Bisher Al-Khasawneh had instructed
Owais to grant the some 27,000 students who are still in need of assistance the
grants and loans they had applied for.
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