The College of Basic Education / Haditha, under the patronage of Prof. Dr. Mudhir Abed Ali, Dean of the College, and in the forms of cooperation between the Psychological Counseling and Educational Guidance Unit and the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs / Social Protection Subcommittee in Haditha district, held an intellectual and cultural awareness seminar entitled: (Ways to support students with limited income) on this scientific day on Sunday, corresponding to: 1/12/2024 AD.

The symposium centered on two research studies:

The first, by the distinguished guest, senior researcher Ghanem Dhiab Fayyad, focused on:

1. Presenting government programs to support low-income people from Iraqi society, especially students.

2. The impact of the means of social protection networks in the service of financial support for community groups, the most important of which are youth and students.

3. Reviewing the number of low-income groups in Iraqi society, and the extent of government spending on them each year.

4. Obtaining support for low-income people from social protection networks, and harnessing this support to seek education or live comfortably and contentedly.

5. Establishing cash by work, and trying to find mini-projects for low-income people to work even if they receive financial support.

The other study was by Ahmed Taleb Hamid, Assistant Dean for Administrative Affairs, who talked about:

1. Who are the low-income people in the society.

2. The pioneering government initiatives launched by the government sector for low-income people.

3. How to take advantage of government initiatives in education, treatment, and spending.

4. Urging low-income students to make the most of the government initiatives for them, even in completing postgraduate studies, and obtaining scholarships that qualify them to do so.

The symposium concluded with several recommendations, the most important of which are

A. Paying great attention to students with low income