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Overview

Chinese Government Sponsors 69 Scholarships for Zambian Students

Commitment Year2018Country of ActivityZambiaSectorEducationFlow TypeScholarships/training in the donor country

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Aug 22, 2018
Start (actual)
Aug 22, 2018
End (actual)
Aug 22, 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

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Zambia Ministry of Higher Education

Loan description

Chinese Government Sponsors 69 Scholarships for Zambian Students

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In 2018, the Chinese Government awarded 69 Zambian students various scholarships at Chinese universities. This donation includes 33 students under the Chinese Government Scholarship program, 9 under the Youth of Excellence Scheme of China (YES CHINA) Master Program, and 27 under the Economic, Military, and Confucius Institute Scholarship Programs. The Farwell Ceremony for the students was held on August 22nd, 2018. At the time of the send-off ceremony for Chinese Government Scholarship recipients on 22 August 2018, nearly 4,000 Zambian students were studying in China, and the Chinese government had provided over 900 scholarships to Zambian students over the years.