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Chinese government awards government scholarships to 83 Congolese students to study in China for the 2019/2020 academic year

Commitment Year•2019Country of Activity•Democratic Republic of the CongoDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Democratic Republic of the CongoSector•EducationFlow Type•Scholarships/training in the donor country

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2019
Start (actual)
Aug 20, 2019
End (actual)
Aug 20, 2019

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

  • Chinese Embassy

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Democratic Republic of Congo

Loan description

Chinese government awards government scholarships to 83 Congolese students to study in China for the 2019/2020 academic year

Narrative

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Project narrative

On August 20, 2019, the Chinese Embassy awarded 83 Congolese students with academic scholarships to study in China for the 2019/2020 academic year during a farewell ceremony hosted by the Chinese Embassy in DRC. According to the DRC's Ministry of Higher and University Education, the majority of the students will be studying infrastructure, metallurgy, petrochemicals, computer technology, eco-finance, management, medicine and law, of the students there will 14 studying for their doctorates, 41 for their masters, and 28 for their licensures. Among the attendees at the farewell ceremony were the Minister of Higher and University Education, Mr. Pontien Kamina Kabangu. Originally, the number of scholarships that China grants is 50, but it has increased to 83 for this academic year. This makes the DRC the second largest recipient of scholarships on an African scale.