Project ID: 59148

Chinese Government Sponsors 150 Scholarships for Zambian Students

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Zambia

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

2017-01-01

Actual start

2017-08-25

Description

In 2017, the Chinese Government awarded 150 Zambian students various scholarships in China. Fifty-two students won the Chinese Government Scholarship, 6 won the Youth of Excellence Scheme of China (YES CHINA) Master Program, 9 won the Confucius Institute Scholarship Program, 50 students are on university-specific scholarships in varying subjects, and the last 33 accepted other, unspecified scholarship programs offered by the Chinese Government. At the time of the ceremony on 25 August 2017, Chinese universities were hosting 3,500 Zambian students and, in total, China had provided roughly 800 scholarships to Zambians over the years.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

2

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Implementing agencies [Type]

Zambia Ministry of Higher Education [Government Agency]