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Chinese Government awards 22 Scholarships in Sri Lanka (Linked to Record ID#54019)

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•Sri LankaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Sri LankaSector•EducationFlow Type•Scholarships/training in the donor country

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Aug 7, 2018
Start (actual)
Sep 1, 2018

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Sri Lanka

Loan desecription

Chinese Government awards 22 Scholarships in Sri Lanka (Linked to Record ID#54019)

Narrative

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Project narrative

On August 7, 2018, the 2018-2019 School Year Chinese Government Scholarship Admission Ceremony was held at the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka. 22 Sri Lankan students were awarded the Chinese Governmental Full Scholarship. Among the 22 scholarship winners, 10 were for Bachelor's degrees, four for Master's degrees, and eight for Doctoral degrees in different fields including medicine, art, environmental science, archaeology and museology, Chinese Language teaching, international economics and trade, etc. The awardees will go to China in September 2018 to continue their higher education in well-known universities such as Zhejiang University, Wuhan University, and Peking University. The program was first launched in 2016 and this is the third iteration of Sri Lankan students to study in China. Linked Record ID#54019 captures the Chinese Embassy's donation to the Sri Lanka Ministry of Higher Education and Cultural Affairs for the continuation of this program.