Khaberni - Based on the directives of Prime Minister Dr. Jafar Hassan; The Minister of Awqaf, Islamic Affairs, and Holy Places, Dr. Mohammad Al-Khalayleh, decided today, Wednesday, to increase the number of pilgrims allocated for the teachers' mission for the Hajj season of 1477 AH from sixty (60) pilgrims to one hundred and twenty (120) pilgrims, including female relatives and wives of the teachers.
This comes as part of a series of measures the government has taken over the past few months to support teachers. These measures include issuing emergency advances to all applicants, allocating land plots for teachers' housing, and doubling the percentage of the Royal Grant for teachers' children at higher education institutions from five percent to ten percent starting this academic year.
Additionally, five percent of the total grants and loans provided by the Student Support Fund are allocated for teachers’ children in universities, alongside maintenance of teachers' clubs, improving their services, and building teachers' clubs in some provinces that lacked them.
