Anqari, Minister of Higher Education, on Monday signed here a contract for implementation of the second phase of the staff housing project at King Saud University. The contract is worth over SR1.6 billion. Dr. Al-Anqari said the contract comes in line with previous contracts signed by the ministry. The incentives approved by the Cabinet in Ramadan 1429H included allocation of SR5 billion for the housing projects for members of the academic staff at universities across the Kingdom. The Ministry of Higher Education is keen on realizing the aspirations of the leadership as regards ensuring psychological stability for the members of the universities' academic staff and making a suitable academic and social environment available to them. Dr. Al-Anqari said all Saudi universities have carried out the order of King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, pertaining to payment by the state of all costs forthe parallel education programs. About doubts cast on the certificates obtained by some Saudis from abroad, Dr. Al-Anqari said the rare instances in which certificates proved to be false did not involve scholarships supervised by the Ministry of Higher Education.
