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Chinese Embassy offers 68 Congo students scholarships to study in China

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•CongoDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•CongoSector•EducationFlow Type•Scholarships/training in the donor country

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Pipeline: Commitment

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

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Commitment date: Aug 20, 2018

Start (planned): Aug 20, 2018

Start (actual): Aug 20, 2018

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This project was to award scholarships to 68 Congolese students to study in China. Additionally, Henan Experimental Middle School in Zhengzhou, China signed a friendly cooperation agreement with Olilou-Gampo Revolutionary Middle School (French: Lycée Moderne de la Révolution) in the Republic of the Congo and organized 19 representatives of the latter school’s teachers and students to participate in summer camps in China in July. Olilou-Gampo Revolutionary Middle School, which is part of Mpila Middle School, is located in the Revolution Olilou-Gampo school complex in the arrondissement of Ouenzé in the 5th district of Brazzaville. Brazzaville is the administrative capital and largest city in the Republic of the Congo. It is located in the Brazzaville Department on the southeast border of the country. More detailed locational information about Olilou-Gampo Revolutionary Middle School can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/595521314#map=18/-4.24435/15.29306.

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 Republic of Congo

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Chinese Embassy offers 68 Congo students scholarships to study in China

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Project narrative

On August 20, 2019, the Chinese Embassy in Congo (Brazzaville) held a send-off reception for recipients of the 2019/2020 China Government Scholarship and military cadets who were chosen to study in China. A total of 68 students will study in China under the China Government Scholarship, and 65 military cadets will train in China starting in September 2019. The financial amount of the scholarship is unknown. In addition, as one of the important achievements of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Chairman Wang Yang’s visit to Congo in 2018, Henan Experimental Middle School in Zhengzhou, China signed a friendly cooperation agreement with Olilou-Gampo Revolutionary Middle School in the Republic of the Congo and organized 19 representatives of the latter school’s teachers and students to participate in summer camps in China in July.