130 Sri Lankan students receive scholarships from China
Scholarships offered by China has been awarded to 130 Sri Lankan students so far this year, the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka said.
Accordingly, Chinese Ambassador Cheng Xueyuan awarded the ‘Chinese Government Full Scholarship’ to 24 Sri Lankan students on August 8 at an Award Ceremony held in the embassy. Meanwhile, the ‘Chinese Ambassador Scholarship’ is being awarded to 106 students.
Mr. Madhawa Dewasurendra, Additional Secretary of Ministry of Higher Education, and Amb. Periyasamy Pillai Selvaraj, Additional Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs attended the ceremony together with the winners of ‘Chinese Government Full Scholarship’ and their family.
Among the 24 Scholarship winners, 10 awarded scholarships for Bachelor degree and 14 for Doctoral degree in different fields like medicine, architecture, translation, E-business, Psychology, Food Science and Engineering etc.
The award recipients will go to China this September to continue their higher education in well-known universities like Dalian Medical University, Beijing Language and Culture University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan University and others.
The full scholarship will cover the tuition, lodging, living allowance and
So far, 231 students have been awarded, among which 54 students in 2016, 55 in 2017 and 122 in 2018, with Rs.40,000 per student. The Embassy is now implementing this program for the fourth consecutive year, awarding 106 students with Rs. 50,000 each in 2019.
medical insurance throughout the whole academic years, which values up to Rs. 2,500,000 annually.
At the ceremony, Ambassador Xueyuan also presented a cheque to the Additional Secretary Madhawa Dewasurendra, for the donation of Rs. 5,305,000 for the “Chinese Ambassador Scholarship” annual program 2019, which was first launched in 2016 to award those academically excellent undergraduate students in Sri Lanka Universities.
So far, 231 students have been awarded, among which 54 students in 2016, 55 in 2017 and 122 in 2018, with Rs.40,000 per student. The Embassy is now implementing this program for the fourth consecutive year, awarding 106 students with Rs. 50,000 each in 2019.