Project ID: 91454

China provides university scholarships to 11 Grenadian students in Ocotober 2020

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Chinese Embassy [Government Agency]

Recipient

Grenada

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

2020-10-22

Actual start

2020-10-22

Actual complete

2020-10-22

Description

For the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 Grenadian students were offered a scholarship by the Chinese government to pursue higher education in China. Financial details such as the scholarship's commitment date are unclear. According to Dr Zhao Yongchen, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Grenada, the purpose of this donation is to encourage students to take full advantage of this opportunity to learn professional knowledge and skills so as to make contribution to Grenada's economic and social development after graduation. The donation was given along with an additional 81 scholarships awarded to Grenadian students from Government of Grenada, in collaboration with St George’s University (SGU), the University of the West Indies, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, and Russia. The total value of these scholarships was over EC $19 million.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

2

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Grenada [Government Agency]