Australia To Provide Scholarships To Myanmar Students

YANGON, Feb 12 (Bernama) -- The Australian government will provide scholarships to post-graduate students in Myanmar to help develop the country's human resources, China's Xinhua news agency cited a local daily as saying on Friday.

Ten students will be chosen to receive the Australian scholarship for 2010-2011 academic year, the report said.

Australia is also providing scholarships to students in the United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, South Korea, New Zealand, Japan, Germany and European countries.

The scholarships will cover journalism, mass communications, public relations, accounting and finance, international business management and marketing, logistics management, e-business and e- commerce, construction management and property, and hospitality and tourism, the report said.

In November last year, an Australian college announced offering 10,000 Australian dollars' scholarships to Myanmar students for their pursuit of further study at the Raffles College of Design and Commerce in Sidney.

Those scholarships-2010 were restricted to students who passed the matriculation examination, GCE 'O' level and IELTS exam at 6. 0, and the college was set to open this month.

In February last year, two universities from Australia -- Central Queensland University and Jame Cook University, along with other 20 international schools, participated in a Myanmar-hosted international education fair in Lashio, Shan state.

Source :http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsworld.php?id=475470

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