Mohamed AlgarjThis investigation estimates the fiscal weight of adding more than 3,000 overseas students in 2024, then sets it against staff reductions and the government's April 2025 suspension of new scholarships. An edited version should separate official student counts and central-bank transfers from the author's per-student cost assumptions.
More than 3,000 students — new overseas scholarship placements stated for 2024
The analysis
This investigation estimates the fiscal weight of adding more than 3,000 overseas students in 2024, then sets it against staff reductions and the government's April 2025 suspension of new scholarships. An edited version should separate official student counts and central-bank transfers from the author's per-student cost assumptions.
What the public record establishes
The linked records provide the institutional and numerical frame for this investigation. They support a documented reading, but do not automatically prove every causal claim or allegation. Treat the per-student monthly and annual amounts as the author's assumptions, not audited unit costs. Clarify whether '3,000' refers to decisions issued, students financially authorized, or students already studying abroad. Seek comment from the Ministry of Higher Education and distinguish lawful scholarship commitments from alleged administrative waste.
What remains unanswered
The public-interest test is what the responsible institutions publish next: the underlying decision, transaction-level data, implementation record and a response that can be checked against the evidence in this social-justice file.
Editorial method: This investigation rebuilds the original calculation from the linked public records, preserves the source period and transaction stage, and separates documented figures from estimates, interpretation and allegations.
Mohamed Algarj