Saudi Arabia Offers Scholarships To South Sudanese Students

[Elisabeth Janaina]

Saudi Arabia Offers Scholarships To South Sudanese Students
The government of Saudi Arabia has offered a hundred scholarships to
under graduate South Sudanese students through the Ministry of Higher
Education.
18 September 2017
Saudi Arabia Offers Scholarships To South Sudanese Students
University of Bahr el Ghazal [File photo]

By Garang Abraham Malak

JUBA, 18 September 2017 [Gurtong]-Speaking to journalists upon arrival
at Juba International Airport on Saturday, the Minister of Higher
Education, Justin Yien Lam Tut said a consultative meeting organized
by the Islamic Development Bank and African Development Bank in Saudi
Arabia where a delegation led by him from South Sudan attended focused
on changes of higher education, higher learning and general education
in Africa.

Yien Lam revealed that the meeting was very successful initiating that
South Sudan was taken as a case study for development and for support.

He said this was because the challenges South Sudan is currently
facing is both affecting the higher education and general education
within South Sudan.

He added that the delegation managed to present a way forward with
follow ups and procedures to get support that will often help the
higher institutions in South Sudan.

“We are now looking forward for the success of the recommendation of
the meeting as well as the support offered to higher learning
institutions in South Sudan” he stressed.


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