President of Umm Al-Qura University Dr. Bakri bin M'atooq bin Bakri Assas has approved minutes of the Higher Committee for Administrative Development including regulations of the internal and external scholarships for the university affiliates including; male and female administrative employees, technicians and health practitioners. This came as part of his keenness to provide university affiliates with the skills through the higher educational programs, training courses and university studies which will contribute to achieving administrative development and facing current and future administrative challenges in such manner which serves issues of comprehensive development in the Kingdom in line with the Kingdom Vision 2030 given that raising the educational and training quality is one of the essential components of preparing the human competencies, boosting employees performance in the administrative field and increasing their productivity in an endeavor to upgrade the educational and administrative system in the university to be equivalent to that of the international universities.

For his part, the UQU Vice President who serves also as the Deputy Chairman of the Higher Committee for Administrative Development, Dr. Yassir bin Suleiman Shoushou lauded keenness of UQU President to form this committee which is concerned with boosting performance of the university affiliates including male and females administrative staff, technicians and health practitioners via the internal and external scholarships which will be implemented according to a number of standards and  regulations related to employee's performance and his ability to carry out his assigned tasks in an endeavor to boost their efficiency by providing them with the various academic and training experiences.  

He added that the committee will study and determine educational and training requirements for the employees in all fields in accordance with the nature of the work assigned to them and propose the necessary plans and programs  to provide them with the scholarship and training opportunity  in the proper fields in light of the physical requirements based on specific and clear implementation mechanism  to be announced at the beginning of the coming academic year, Allah willing.