Scholarship for journalists

JAKARTA (JP): The Netherlands Education Center (NEC) launched a scholarship program on Tuesday for journalists and other professionals to pursue postgraduate studies in the Netherlands.

The scholarship program, the Studieren at Netherlands (STUNED), covers full tuition fees, living allowance, health insurance, books, settling-in allowance as well as travel expenses to the Netherlands.

The STUNED program started in April 2000 and out of 228 students who applied this year 143 were awarded the scholarship.

Those who wish to apply should have a minimum GPA of 2.75 and should be below 40 years of age. The program is open to Indonesian citizens only.

More information is available at www.nec.or.id.

According to the NEC spokeswoman Monique Soesman, very few journalists have applied and only two have been awarded the scholarship so far. (06)