PALESTINE'S UNDERSECRETARY OF THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DR. MOHAMMED SHUGAIR LAUDED THE CONTINUOUS SUPPORT EXTENDED BY THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA FOR THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE IN ALL FIELDS, PARTICULARLY EDUCATION. IN A STATEMENT TO THE SAUDI PRESS AGENCY (SPA), SHUGAIR SAID NUMEROUS PALESTINIAN STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE THEIR UNIVERSITY CLASSES, THANKS TO A FINANCIAL GRANT EXTENDED TO PALESTINIAN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES THROUGH THE SAUDI COMMITTEE FOR THE RELIEF OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AS THE COMMITTEE HAS SHOULDERED 75% OF THE COST OF TUITION FEES ON BEHALF OF EACH NEEDY STUDENTS. SHUGAIR CALLED ON ARAB COUNTRIES TO FOLLOW SAUDI SUIT IN SUPPORTING THE PALESTINIAN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES. HE SAID ELEVEN PALESTINIAN UNIVERSITIES, 23 COLLEGES AND MORE THAN 19,000 STUDENTS BENEFITED FROM THE FIRST PAYMENT OF THE SAUDI GRANT FOR PALESTINE'S UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES AND STUDENTS.
