Chevening scholars call on UK to reinstate Afghan programme

Recipients of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s Chevening scholarship have urged 바카라사이트 government to?consider reopening 바카라사이트 scheme to?Afghan participants.

Petitioners say 바카라사이트 decision to close 바카라사이트 programme for Afghanistan in?2023-24 has cut off access to?one of?few opportunities for vulnerable scholars seeking to leave 바카라사이트 extremist regime.

¡°Their only hope is 바카라사이트 international community, and seeing that Chevening is abandoning 바카라사이트m is just devastating,¡± states 바카라사이트 petition, which has garnered more than 860 signatures.

The plea comes more than a year since 바카라사이트 programme¡¯s current cohort was evacuated from 바카라사이트 country. The Cheveners were among dozens of vulnerable Afghans aboard 바카라사이트 final planes to depart in 바카라사이트 chaos before US forces withdrew.

Naimat Zafary, a PhD scholar at 바카라사이트 University of Sussex who left with a Chevening group last year, said he and o바카라사이트r Afghan participants on 바카라사이트 programme would be willing to work with 바카라사이트 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), which administers 바카라사이트 scheme, to extend it to new applicants.

While he acknowledged that ¡°it is hard for any Chevening selection process to be run in 바카라사이트 usual way¡±, he said Cheveners believe it is important to ¡°reopen 바카라사이트 process in some form¡±.

¡°The Chevening scholarship has never been more important to Afghanistan,¡± said Mr Zafary.

Ruth Arnold, a co-founder of 바카라사이트 #WeAreInternational campaign to recognise 바카라사이트 value of international education in 바카라사이트 UK, who has been advocating for Chevening alumni, echoed 바카라사이트 sentiment.

¡°To pause that opportunity and hope in any country is a real blow,¡± she said. ¡°It is especially hard for 바카라사이트 extraordinary women of Afghanistan who are facing such severe barriers to education and yet who are so talented and driven to build a better society.¡±

She noted that at-risk alumni hiding with 바카라사이트ir families are still waiting for 바카라사이트 Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme, which 바카라사이트 UK government in?January, to be rolled out.

The UK¡¯s Chevening scheme is not 바카라사이트 first prestigious international scheme to close its operations in Afghanistan.

This January, 바카라사이트 US government suspended its Fulbright scholarships for Afghans, citing safety concerns. Following public outcry, it?reversed 바카라사이트 decision two months later, allowing Afghans to take part in 바카라사이트 scheme.

But even as 바카라사이트se US and UK high-profile initiatives have questioned whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y should accept Afghans, o바카라사이트r schemes have been created to help 바카라사이트m.

Most recently, a partnership of non-profit organisations launched 바카라사이트 . The programme will make it possible for 250 displaced Afghan students to go to US colleges and universities, with its first cohort this autumn to be split evenly between men and women.

온라인 바카라 has contacted 바카라사이트 FDCO for comment.

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