RIYADH: Officials on Wednesday announced the launch of a new scholarship program designed to prepare Saudi students for a first class-career in the media industry.
Speaking at a press conference, Minister of Media Salman Al-Dossary said the Media Scholarship Project, developed in partnership with the Ministry of Education, would combine “knowledge with empowerment.”
The initiative, he said, was “aimed at preparing male and female students for the job market by training them and sending them to the world’s best universities and companies specializing in the media field.”
Minister of Education Yousef Al-Benyan said the growth in the number of Saudi students at top universities was evidence of the Kingdom’s drive to develop its human capital and expand international education opportunities.
The ministers also discussed the country’s decision to return to a two-semester academic year and the introduction of an artificial intelligence curriculum.
