Higher Education Min.: 100 Scholarships to Offer By British Council

By: Ibrahim Eldeeb and Salma Yassin

Cairo, Feb. 23 (SEE)- Minister of High Education Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar announced that 100 scholarships from  British Council will be offered, which come in line with a joint partnership between two sides.

His talk came during a meeting he had with the Director of the British Council Elizabeth White at the ministry’s building.

The meeting focused on bilateral cooperation between Egyptian and British universities in the coming period.

New scholarships aim at improving levels of higher education and scientific research fields and include English language training courses.

Abdel Ghaffar confirmed the strong relations between the two countries especially in educational field; as many Egyptian experts have graduated from British universities.

He also pointed that the ministry is looking forward to achieve maximum benefits of Newton’s scholarship especially in community service field.

The minister also stated that other Egyptian universities’ educational programs will be announced in the Global Forum for Higher Education and Scientific Research to be held on April 4th .

He also pointed to “Going Global” forum to be launched on May 15th and attended by specialists in all higher education specializations world-wide.

On her part, White praised Egyptian efforts to enhance higher education, stressing on the importance of the Joint educational programs between the two countries.

She also invited Abdel Ghaffar to attend graduation parties of British universities’ students which will be held in the British council on February 26th.

It’s worth mentioning that, the meeting was attended by Dr. Mohamed El Shenawy, advisor to the minister for international relations and agreements and Dr. Sahar Nasr, director of educational programs at the British Council.