“Saudi
tightens rules for scholarships to study abroad”
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) state
has regulated on new provision or eligibility on its multi-billions dollar
scholarship award program (SAP) for KSA younger generation college
age individuals whose wish or want to
study aboard for university degrees. A council chaired by “Deputy Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman” that is commanding in the KSA spending allowed or
authorized the new orders and aiming remarkable efficiency in countless areas
to thin an enormous KSA budget deficit because of low oil prices (Paul, 2016).
More than 207k learners and their loved ones
participated with this opportunity furnished by the King Abdullah Scholarship
SAP to go on aboard for study in 2014, at an amount of $6 billion in US dollars
(Paul, 2016). Furthermore, this SAP covering learners or students expenses like
full tuition cost, the SAP always offers learners to pays learners to accompany
their husband or guardian abroad with them and a monthly allowance is also
provided. Female SAP recipient is required to go aboard with their husband or a
male guardian, this individual also receives monthly benefits (Paul, 2016).
In Vietnam or many other underdeveloped
countries, where their governments can’t afford to have or provide this kind of
free study aboard scholarship program to their citizens or women whose want to
study aboard for university degrees. It’s great to see that many SA women from
KSA take advantages of this program to receive a better education as well as
the opportunity to study aboard. The KAS government provided the SA women these
study opportunities in return once they graduated and entering the workforce,
they will be more marketable, productive, be less independent on government
support, and help foster positive change for better community or country.
“Adjusting
to Learning in the US: Saudi Students Speak Out”
Groundbreaking
numbers of learners from Saudi Arabia (SA) are currently schooling aboard at
universities in the US. These learners must make considerable adjustments when
facing academic expectations in their aboard country. Unrush and Obeidat (2015)
carried out qualitative study, 10 Saudi learners talked in depth regarding
their experiences with differences in methods of learning and instruction
between SA and the US. They discussed of adjusting in their interactions with
instructors, in learning to understand instead of memorization, in taking
liability for their own learning, and in growing chances to speak English among
so numerous other SA-speaking learners.
Their
study outcomes have several implications and beneficial to administrators in
universities as follow:
Administrators
in universities have much at stake in keeping SA learners and ensuring that
their journey and experiences in the US outcome are positive and that they
successfully accomplish their goals of obtaining undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Considering some of the profound differences between academic experiences in
the US and those in KSA, SA learners must make considerable apartments in
studying to defeat the obstacles and obtain degrees in undergraduate and
graduate programs (Unrush & Obeidat, 2015). It is significant for ESL and
university instructors to be sensitive to the embarrassment that their
international learners may endure just to raise a question in class. (d)
Finally, it is forseeable that ESL administrators and instructors alike would
concur with the research interviewees that it would be preferable not to have a
predominance of any language (other than English) spoken by their learners so
the learners are compeled to speak more English.
Administrators
and educators from SEU Global can apply or use Unrush and Obeidat (2015) study
outcome implications and recommendations when teaching or help make significant
differences to our SA students.
Saudi Arabia's King Salman has
issued a decree allowing women to drive for the first time, to the joy of
activists.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is the only country in the globe that bars women from driving.
Until now, only men were permitted licenses and women who illegally attempted
to drive in public risked being apprehended and fined. Applaud for the move has
been pouring in from inside KSA, and around the globe. President Donald Trump stated that it was
a "positive step" towards advocating women's rights. Nine KSA women
opposed driving banned are still in person (BBC,2017).
For weeks when this ban first lifted, many KSA women around the
globe discuss what they would do once they passed their driver license exam and
brought a car. Campaigner Sahar Nassif told the BBC from Jeddah that she was
"very, very excited - jumping up and down and laughing" as cited in
(BBC, 2017). One KSA women put at "I'm going to buy my dream car, a
convertible Mustang, and it's going to be black and yellow!" Many KSA
women around globe were full of joys when they heard this groundbreaking news
(BBC, 2017). This is the first step toward their driving rights, they will
never be able to own a vehicle as of yet and still to rely on their husbands
permission to drive a vehicle.
Donald Trump was right about a positive step
towards advocating women’s right for the KSA. This is one of the significance changes SA women as well as
other changes might in the future to the Middle
East region or the KSA.
References
Paul, K.(2016). Saudi tightens
rules for scholarships to study abroad. Retrieved from
Unrush, S., & Obeidat, B.F. (2015). Adjusting to Learning in
the US: Saudi Students Speak Out.
Retrieved from
http://www.na-businesspress.com/JHETP/UnruhS_Web15_4_.pdf
Youtube (2018). Saudi women hit the road as kingdom overturns ban
on female driving
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6lha4x7n1g
BBC (2017). Saudi Arabia driving ban on women to be lifted
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