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Thursday 25.3.2021, EDU-SYRIA scholarship programme has granted its outstanding students at Zarqa University, Certificates of Distinction and Excellence signed by the Academic Committee in the Programme. The Programme issues these certificates at the end of the First and Second Semesters of each Academic Year. Accordingly, the outstanding students in each major obtain Certificates of Distinction symbolizing the appreciation of the Programme’s Management for its outstanding students. It is noteworthy that the academic performance of the Programme’s students at Zarqa University is excellent in general, as most of the students obtain excellent or very good merit. This is a clear indication …

Thursday, 25 march 2021 EDU-SYRIA / EDU-JORDAN Programme handed out 221 laptops to its students from Syrian refugees who are studying for Bachelor’s degree at Zarqa University. Most of the laptops were distributed to students living in refugee camps, where 101 students from Zaatari camps and 26 from Al-Azraq Camp and 17 from Al-Emirati camp received a laptop. Furthermore, the programme also awarded 77 students, who are the top three students in each major by handing them a laptop too. This awarding is part of the EDU-SYRIA / EDU-JORDAN programme initiative to support its students during online learning by providing …

Tuesday, 23 march 2021 Under the patronage of the German Jordanian university president, Prof. Dr. Manar Fayyad, EDU-SYRIA / EDU-JORDAN Programme handed out 23 laptops to its Master’s students from Syrian refugees and underprivileged Jordanians at the German Jordanian University. This awarding is part of the EDU-SYRIA / EDU-JORDAN programme initiative to support its students during online learning by providing access to their lessons. The initiative will hand out 379 Lenovo laptops, valued at Euro 150,000, to the programmes’ students at Jordan University of Science and technology, Yarmouk University, Mutah University, Zarqa University and Luminus Technical University College. Prof Fayyad …

EDU-SYRIA / EDU-JORDAN Programme handed out 61 laptops to its students from the underprivileged Jordanians who are studying for a Master’s degree at Jordan University of Science and Technology and Yarmouk University. This awarding is part of the EDU-SYRIA / EDU-JORDAN programme initiative to support its students during online learning by providing access to their lessons. The initiative will hand out 379 Lenovo laptops, valued at Euro 150,000, to the programmes’ students at Jordan University of Science and technology, Yarmouk University, Mutah University, Zarqa University, and Luminus Technical University College.

EDU-SYRIA / EDU-JORDAN Programme organized two meetings with the representatives of the Jordanian support funds, namely Tkiyet Um Ali, the Zakat Fund, the Aman Fund and the National Aid Fund, to discuss ways of developing the access of underprivileged Jordanians to the program’s scholarships for the Queen Rania Teacher Academy’s Teacher Education Professional Diploma, and facilitate the application for them During the meeting, the Queen Rania Teacher Academy representatives presented the admission requirements for the diploma, and a discussed the challenges of they face to reach the applicants. Moreover, the funds representatives talked about their appropriate mechanisms for communicating with …

EDU-SYRIA/EDU-JORDAN in partnership with Luminus ShamalStart is launching the Entrepreneurship Training Scholarship Program (ETSP) today the 7th of March 2021. This program focuses on giving entrepreneurs, both Syrian and Jordanian an opportunity to innovate and create, to turn their ideas into a start-up. EDU-SYRIA III, a cooperation between Luminus ShamalStart and EDU-SYRIA is a European Union funded project that aims to educate and empower. Luminus ShamalStart will help train and incubate 40 startups through its acceleration program for the next three years. Luminus ShamalStart caters to entrepreneurs with promising ideas in the manufacturing and related services, through its Business Accelerator, enabling …

On Thursday, 25 February 2021 EDU-SYRIA Scholarship Program held an academic meeting with the scholarship students at Zarqa University through the ZOOM virtual communication platform. The meeting was divided into two separate sessions headed by the Scholarship coordinator Dr. Ala’ Khalifeh, and the scholarship officer at Zarqa University, Mr. Ibrahim Al Hariri. The two sessions were attended by more than 100 students. Dr. Khalifeh started the meeting by welcoming the students and introduced them to the Academic Committee. Then he drew attention to the necessity of adhering to the program’s instructions, which guarantee a successful study for students within the …

EDU-SRYIA has participated in HOPES-LEB Regional Stakeholder Meeting which emphasized the importance of facilitating exchange between alumni networks connected to the EU with focus on educational programs to build relationships and provide market opportunities.

A group of EDU-SYRIA students participated in Hult Prize international at Zarqa University level, and won the second place. The students Fatima al-Rayyes, Rahma al-Masri, Ayat al-Hussein and their Jordanian colleague Malak Murshid formed the team “Passion MARF, which discussed the sustainable nutrition and food security. It is worth noting that these three students were not the only ones among our students who participated in this competition. Three other students participated in the ECO-Plant team consisting of Yazid Al Ismael, Tala Qalaia, and Muhammad Al Qadri. The Hult Prize is an annual, year-long competition that crowd-sources ideas from MBA and …