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Cabinet increases scholarships for students at southern universities

By JT - Nov 27,2019 - Last updated at Nov 27,2019

AMMAN — The Cabinet on Wednesday decided to increase the number of students to be granted full scholarships to study at the Kingdom's universities in the southern region.

Scholarships are awarded to students who have completed Tawjihi (General Secondary Education Certificate), and their secondary education in schools in the northern and middle regions of Jordan.

The decision also increased the number of partial scholarships given to students who are enrolled in intermediate diploma programmes, applied and vocational, from 40 to 60, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

Under these decisions, the number of scholarships increased to 1,000 for Hussein Bin Talal University and Tafileh Technical University, 150 for University of Jordan's Aqaba campus and 150 for Shobak, Maan and Aqaba colleges affiliated with Balqa Applied University.

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