Students learning Faroese to receive travel support

Students who have Faroese as a second language will now be eligible for travel support, Kringvarp Føroya reports.

The Ministry of Education has drafted a proposal for regulations on the support and sent it out for consultation.

Many students have a long journey to their place of instruction and should therefore receive travel assistance, the ministry said.

The regulations would also be amended so that newly arrived students studying Faroese as a second language can receive domestic travel support, even if they are not entitled to ordinary student grants.