A new scholarship programme has been introduced to provide an opportunity for those excellent students from poor families to study at the International Genetic Centre within the Hanoi University of Technology.
Starting from 2008, this full scholarship – the first kind to be granted in Vietnam, called “The Genetic William Goh Scholarship for Community Development” will be awarded every year. It is specifically targeted at supporting excellent students from poor families to follow the training at HUT’s Genetic Centre.
Over the next five years, the scholarship will be paying out about VND 180 million to help needy students cover school and examination fees for each subject as well as housing and a living allowance.
Successful candidate will then need to maintain a good attendance track record, attain an average mark of 70% for the whole year and pass all subject to continue on this scholarship in each year.
Additional scholarships above the one per year may be added when deemed appropriate by the Singapore-based Genetic Computer School.
The scholarship, launched during the visit to Vietnam by the International Board of Examiners of Genetic Computer School early this week, is named after Mr William Goh Boon Chang, the founder and the current president of Genetic Computer School.
Genetic HUT is a joint training programme between HUT and Genetic Computer School, Singapore which was set up in 1996. It offers courses in information technology at Diploma and Higher Diploma levels. During the past 11 years, it has trained over 5,000 IT graduates.Labels: financial aid, free education, high school, scholarship, student loans, study abroad |
