Ahmed Tomeh, Interim Prime Minister, received the Syrian students who were granted scholarships to study at the University of Poitiers in France. Tomeh called upon the scholarship students to be the best representative of the Syrian people and the Syrian Revolution, and to raise awareness of the crimes perpetrated by the Assad regime against the Syrian people and its deliberate targeting of schools, pupils and teaching staff. Abdul-Rahman al-Haj, adviser for education in the Interim Government, pointed out that 20 Syrian student holders of the secondary school certificates issued by the Interim Government had received French scholarships. (Source: Syrian Interim Government)