Project ID: 63175

Chinese government grants scholarships to 28 Sierra Leonean students to study in China

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Sierra Leone

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

Implementation (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2007-01-01

Actual start

2007-08-31

Description

On August 31, 2007, the Chinese embassy in Sierra Leone held a farewell ceremony for 28 students who received scholarship from the Chinese government that year to further their study in China. According to the embassy news, the students were awarded full scholarships in around 20 majors, such as medicine, agriculture and civil engineering, for doctorate programs ranging from 2 to 5 years. The students were sent off by officials from the Chinese Embassy and Sierra Leonese Ministry of Education.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

2

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Implementing agencies [Type]

Chinese Embassy [Government Agency]

Ministry of Technical and Higher Education (Sierra Leone) [Government Agency]