Project ID: 86637

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

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Chinese Embassy [Government Agency]

Recipient

Congo (DRC)

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

2019-01-01

Actual start

2019-08-20

Actual complete

2019-08-20

Description

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.

Number of official sources

3

Number of total sources

4

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Democratic Republic of Congo [Government Agency]