Project ID: 70539

Chinese Government awards scholarships to ten Jamaican students

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Jamaica

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

2016-01-01

Planned start

2016-09-01

Actual start

2016-07-22

Description

On 22 July 2016, ten Jamaican students received official letters of admission to several Chinese Universities. The Chinese government provided full scholarships for the students to study in China. According to Jamaica Information Service, the students began their undergraduate and postgraduate programs in September. They are studying business administration, clinical medicine, international politics, animation, architecture and bioengineering. According to Kelli-Ann Garrick, the Acting Director of the Scholarship and Assistance Unit of the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, they received approximately 100 applications for the scholarship. The students will receive monthly US$350 stipends from the Government of Jamaica so support their living expenses in China.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

3

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Cofinanced

No