Education Minister offers 80 fully funded scholarships to Syrian students.

ISLAMABAD -- Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Rana Tanveer Hussain has offered 80 fully funded scholarships (Undergraduate and Graduate) to Syrian students under various programs and mainly in the fields including medicine, dentistry, engineering, physical, natural and applied sciences, agriculture, education and etc.

He offered these scholarships during his productive bilateral visit to Arab Republic of Syria on invitation of Dr. Darem Tabba, Minister of Education, Syria, a press release on Sunday said.

Rana Tanveer Hussain's visit was a follow up visit of Syrian Education Minister to Pakistan last year.

During his visit , Rana Tanveer Hussain held meetings with Hussein Arnous, Prime Minister of Arab Republic of Syria, Mr. Bassam Bashir Ibrahim, Minister of Higher Education, Mr. Namir Habib Makhlouf, Governor Homs and Mr. Mahmoud Zanubua, Governor Hama, Syria.

The Syrian prime minister while conveying his felicitations and best wishes for Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif mentioned that Pakistan is a brotherly country which stood by Syria in its hard times. Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain also conveyed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's best wishes to the Syrian premier and People of Syria.

During the meeting, which was also attended by Syrian Education Minister and Pakistan's Ambassador to Syria, both sides agreed to further strengthen collaborations in the field of Education, Skills and Scientific research. Besides, his visit to Ministry of Education and Ministry of Higher Education, Federal Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain also visited the Pakistan International School Damascus, which is considered as one of the top ranked educational institute in Syria.

He, accompanied by the Syrian Education Minister and Governor Homs, also visited the National Center for Distinguished (NCD), Homs, where he was received and briefed by Dr. Hala Al Dakkak, President of the Distinction and Creative Agency, Syria.

Federal Minister while appreciating the NCD residential model aimed at selecting and nurturing the best talent, assured that Pakistan will provide teachers in basic sciences to serve in NCD for one year in response to the request made by Dr. Hala.

Federal Minister Rana Tanveer, accompanied by Syrian Education Minister and Governor Hama, also visited the Hama Education Platform (HEP) meant to deal with distance educational learning operations, where he witnessed live lectures being broadcasted on Syrian Education channel.

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