Ahlul Bayt News Agency - The Education Team in Al Wefaq National Islamic Society carried out a study on a sample of 146 distinct high school students who graduated in 2015 scoring between 95% and 99.2%.
The study revealed that 49 of these students (34% of the sample) were deprived from scholarships. It also showed that 82.2% of this sample, adding up to 120 students, didn’t get a scholarship for their first choice.
The Ministry of Education announced it is distributing 252 scholarships in medical majors, however, only 16 of these students received those scholarships, so who was given the remaining 199?
Only 26 of the 146 students got scholarships to study the first major they have chosen (17.8%), only 1 student got his second choice and 6 students got their third choice. The remaining students were either deprived from scholarships or didn’t get all first three choices. These students made up 77.4% of the sample summing up to 113. Another 119 were deprived from the first and second choices they listed.
It also revealed that only 10% of all distinct students under study got the medicine scholarships they applied for, that is, 8 out of 78 students. The Ministry of Education announced 37 scholarships will be distributed for this major, however, it has not revealed who received the remaining 29 scholarships. It is also unknown who got the remaining 228 medical scholarships which make up to 90.5% of the total number of scholarships.
“This is the worst year in terms of distribution of scholarships”, said former MP and member of Al Wefaq’s Education Team Salman Salim. “The Ministry of Education must publish the names, GPAs and majors of students receiving scholarships”, he added, “the outcry is a natural result of depriving these distinct students from their right”.
Salim urged the Ministry of Education to cancel the 40/60 project in which the student’s GPA weighs 60% and his personal interview weighs 40% as a standard for receiving a scholarship.
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source : al Wefaq
Wednesday
12 August 2015
7:43:36 AM
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Bahrain: 34% of distinct students deprived from scholarships, 228 medical scholarships disappeared
The Education Team in Al Wefaq National Islamic Society carried out a study on a sample of 146 distinct high school students who graduated in 2015 scoring between 95% and 99.2%.