Gov’t following up with 500 Jordanian university students in Sudan

Ministry of Higher Education
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AMMAN — The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research said on Wednesday that it is following up with the 500 Jordanian students currently studying at Sudanese universities in coordination with Jordan's Foreign Ministry in Amman.اضافة اعلان

Director of Coordination and Unified Admission at the  told Al-Mamlaka TV that 150 of the students are undergraduates, while 350 are studying at the postgraduate level.

No evacuation planCurrently, there is no plan in place to evacuate Jordanian students from Sudan, he said. Meanwhile, no decision will be made related to their academic status.
If the Sudanese higher education authorities decide to allow students to study remotely, "we will take decisions that are in the best interests of the Jordanian students studying there”.
However, Khatib noted that if the Sudanese higher education authorities decide to allow students to study remotely, "we will take decisions that are in the best interests of the Jordanian students studying there”.

A call to avoid hot-spotsThe ministry called on all Jordanian students in Sudan to avoid hot-spots of the escalations as much as possible out of concern for their lives. It also urged the students to maintain contact with the Jordanian Embassy in Khartoum.