Eighty-eight (88) students were awarded\u00a0 scholarships worth more than EC$6.3 million during a virtual scholarship awards ceremony hosted\u00a0 by the Ministry of Education on Oct. 21.<\/p>\n
Scholarships were awarded in seven categories, with 22 going towards UWI economic costs; 42\u00a0 for SGU undergraduate studies and 17 for SGU master\u2019s programmes; two for the China\u00a0 undergraduate and two for the China graduate programmes; one from the OAS and two\u00a0 Commonwealth UK awards.<\/p>\n
Study areas include biochemistry, civil\/chemical\/computer and electrical engineering, economics\u00a0 and accounting, law, psychology, social work, meteorology, political science, sports science,\u00a0 information technology, tourism and hospitality management, marine wildlife conservation\u00a0 biology, economics in International Business and Cross Border E-Commerce, earthquake\u00a0 engineering and education.<\/p>\n
Noting the 45-year history of awarding full-tuition scholarships to Grenadian students, SGU\u2019s\u00a0 Associate Dean of Admissions Colin Dowe said, \u201cAt this point, annually, we award over 120 full tuition scholarships to Grenadians across all programmes. It is one thing for education to be\u00a0 available here in Grenada. It\u2019s quite another question as to whether or not it is accessible, and this\u00a0 partnership allows for the accessibility of tertiary education to Grenadians.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People\u2019s Republic of China to Grenada, His\u00a0 Excellency, Wei Hongtian, announced that from October 2022 China reopened to international\u00a0 students pursuing face-to-face study. His Excellency also praised the great collaboration, between\u00a0 China and Grenada for the past 17 years, since restored diplomatic ties in 2005.<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cThe Chinese Government has also arranged a slew of policies to improve the quality of\u00a0 all the students studying in China. Today, I would like to take this occasion to confirm that the\u00a0 Chinese Government Scholarship Programme will continue to offer 15 full scholarships to\u00a0 Grenadian students in 2023 and it is open for applications from now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Minister for Education, Youth, Sports and Culture Sen. the Hon. David Andrew congratulated the\u00a0 awardees, noting that his administration aspires to have at least one university graduate per\u00a0 household.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is an important day for us, too, as an administration, because it underscores this administration\u2019s\u00a0 emphasis on education; this administration\u2019s policy position; this administration\u2019s viewpoint that\u00a0 education is probably one of the single most important tools for transforming our economy; for\u00a0 transforming our society,\u201d Hon. Andrew said. \u201cI want to put on record our appreciation to the<\/p>\n
University of the West Indies, St. George\u2019s University, the Organisation of American States, the\u00a0 Commonwealth UK Awards; the People\u2019s Republic of China. I want to thank all of you for\u00a0 continuing to partner with us to see more and more of our citizens aspire to higher heights in\u00a0 education.\u201d<\/p>\n
On behalf of her fellow awardees, scholarship recipient, Rheanna Mann, thanked all involved for\u00a0 their continuous support and dedication towards the development of education in Grenada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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