Around 150 Syrian-Armenian students now continuing their higher education in Armenia will be receiving stipends this week from a group called the Armenia Youth Foundation.

The stipends will be directly paid to the college or university attended by the students.

The Foundation has a 40 million stipend pool to allocate. Individual amounts will be based on the various tuition rates being paid by the students.

On November 29, the Armenian government allocated 100 million for tuition reimbursement. 60 million was earmarked for students displaying high academic achievement and social activism who are currently paying for their higher education.

The remaining 40 million was earmarked for Syrian-Armenians.