(MENAFN- The Peninsula)
Doha: Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al-Thani chaired Wednesday the cabinet's regular meeting held at its seat at the Amiri Diwan.
Cabinet approved a draft decision of the Minister of Interior to exempt trainees in driving schools from the renewal fee for issuing a temporary driving license to learn motor vehicles driving.
Under the draft decision, trainees in driving schools, who did not complete the prescribed examination procedures to obtain their driving licenses during the closing period of driving schools due to the application of precautionary measures to confront the novel Coronavirus (COVID -19), are exempt from fees for renewing their permits expired from March 3, 2020 until Aug 1, 2020.
Cabinet also approved a draft decision of the Minister of Education and Higher Education to reforming the scholarships committee.
Under the Provisions of Law No. 9 of 1976 Regulating Scholarships, a scholarship committee is formed in the Ministry of Education and Higher Education and is responsible for drawing up scholarship policy and planning and investigating the country's actual needs for them.
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