RIYADH — The Ministry of Media introduced the allocation of 94 scholarship seats throughout tutorial and coaching packages in the USA, the UK, Canada and Spain below the Media Scholarship monitor (Wa’ed).
Minister of Media Salman Al-Dossary on Wednesday sponsored the signing of cooperation agreements between the ministry and 9 media firms, marking what officers described as a nationwide mannequin of public-private partnership aimed toward investing in human capital and strengthening the media sector’s contribution to the nationwide financial system.
The agreements sign a shift within the ministry’s position from a regulatory physique to an enabler and progress catalyst by linking tutorial schooling and sensible coaching to direct employment alternatives.
The initiative seeks to boost the productiveness of media firms and develop specialised Saudi expertise able to main transformation within the media and inventive industries.
The agreements have been signed with MBC Group, One Group, Al-Zhuhur Media, Hawadee, Shibh Al-Jazira, Salham, La’bah, Jathr Manufacturing and Waves.
This system offers 94 seats distributed throughout varied tutorial and coaching pathways, together with 21 grasp’s seats in the UK, the USA and Spain; 56 bachelor’s seats in the USA and the UK; 11 diploma seats in Canada and Spain; and 6 coaching seats in the USA and Spain.
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Deputy Minister of Media for Media Sector Growth Israa Assiri stated the media trade has change into a key driver of the inventive financial system, with worth chains extending from manufacturing and distribution to expertise, platform improvement and advertising and marketing.
She stated the Media Scholarship monitor allows firms to design packages aligned with their employment wants, making certain nearer alignment between instructional outcomes and labor market necessities, whereas enhancing the sector’s sustainability and competitiveness domestically and internationally.
The agreements activate the Media Scholarship monitor launched on the finish of the third quarter of 2025, supporting Imaginative and prescient 2030 objectives to diversify the financial system, improve the contribution of non-oil sectors and place the Kingdom as a regional hub for media and content material manufacturing.
Particulars of obtainable packages and utility procedures might be introduced via the taking part firms’ social media accounts, with submissions to be made by way of the Ministry of Schooling’s “Safeer” platform.
