Universities take in 6,700 Syrian refugee students

The secretary-general of the Association of Arab Universities, Omar Salamah, estimated the number of Syrian refugee students enrolled in Jordanian universities in the 2018-19 academic year at around 6,700, reports Arab News.

Salamah said in a statement that the Association of Arab Universities has carried out a special project to support Syrian students taking refuge in Lebanon, Iraq’s Kurdistan and Jordan.

The project, which is funded by the United Nations along with Turkey, Germany and the Mediterranean Universities Union, is carried out in cooperation with the national Erasmus+ programme. It seeks to help partner countries’ universities enrol Syrian students in different academic majors through setting up specialised units to help and employ them. Salamah said the mission of these units is to support Syrian refugee students in resuming their academic and professional lives.
Full report on the Arab News site