Call for overhaul of student grant scheme

The need to modernise and remodel the framework governing student grants was the focus of an open discussion held between Disy president Annita Demetriou and a group of university students.

Participants highlighted that despite significant socio-economic changes in recent years, both the criteria and the method of distributing student grants have remained unchanged, an announcement said on Tuesday.

Proposed changes included increasing the amount of the grant to reflect current