Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority, RTA, in Dubai, recently presented awards to 46 Emirati graduates of RTA’s scholarships programme among the authority’s employees and affiliated students as well as three winners of the Career Paths Contest (Al Muftah) at an award ceremony, at the RTA’s headquarters and was attended by a host of CEOs, directors, managers and staff.
DUBAI, (Pakistan Point News - 27th Jun, 2018) Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority, RTA, in Dubai, recently presented awards to 46 Emirati graduates of RTA’s scholarships programme among the authority’s employees and affiliated students as well as three winners of the Career Paths Contest (Al Muftah) at an award ceremony, at the RTA’s headquarters and was attended by a host of CEOs, directors, managers and staff.
Al Tayer expressed his delight at awarding the 46 graduates of the scholarships programme including four graduates of the Master of Engineering programme, five General Master graduates, 26 Academic Diploma in Business Administration and 11 General Secondary School graduates.
"The scholarships programme aims to groom Emiratis and empower them to support the RTA development drive through extending full sponsorship of the student’s academic career path and qualifying the students in majors of relevance to the RTA’s business. Al Tayer was happy with the RTA’s commitment to the national Emiratisation policy and the exercising of its corporate social responsibility in a perfect manner. He also praised the Al Muftah winners who have exhibited job skills and abilities that demonstrate their competencies to shoulder the assignments tasked to them."
The RTA’s scholarships programme comprises three academic programmes: Master in Engineering, Academic Diploma, and General Master for employees wishing to pursue higher studies.
It also covers affiliating secondary school graduates to the UAE universities. Under this programme, the RTA extends full sponsorship of affiliated students along with a fixed monthly bursary to support their academic studies and motivate them to continue their academic qualification. There are several conditions attached to the scholarship policy such as the applicant must be a UAE national, should have scored 90 percent or above in the General Secondary School Certificate, and the line of study must be compatible with the authority’s requirements.
