Project ID: 53247

Chinese Government provides scholarships for 12 Gambian students to study in China

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Gambia

Sector

Education (Code: 110)

Flow type

Scholarships/training in the donor country

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2016-01-01

Actual start

2016-08-25

Description

On August 25, 2016, the Chinese Embassy in the Gambia held a farewell reception for 12 Gambian students who are going to study in China under scholarship provided by China. According to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there was 41 students accepted into the scholarship program. This is the first group of Gambian students to receive Chinese government scholarship since the resumption of diplomatic relations in March 2016. After completing the language study in China, the 12 students will go to ten universities in China to study undergraduate majors in aeronautical engineering, clinical medicine, mechanical engineering, automation, and civil engineering. The transaction amount is unknown.

Additional details

Amount of students in the program is unclear.

Number of official sources

3

Number of total sources

4

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Gambia [Government Agency]