Scholarships for ASEAN students

Scholarships for ASEAN students

HANOI (JP): Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong announced
here on Tuesday that he would provide new scholarships to help
undergraduate students from ASEAN countries study on the island
state.

Under the Singapore Cooperation Program Undergraduate
Scholarship for ASEAN, the Singaporean government will set aside
S$12 million to provide about 30 undergraduate scholarships per
year for ASEAN students over the next three to four years for
study in Singapore.

The scholarships will be for entry into non-medicine/dentistry
undergraduate courses in National University and Nanyang
Technological University. Each award, tenable for four years,
covers tuition fees, airfare and an annual living allowance of
$3,500.

The initiative is aimed at alleviating the problem of bright
young ASEAN nationals who may not have the resources for higher
education.

"I am very disturbed by the thought that because of the
economic crisis many ASEAN members will lose a few valuable years
in educating their children," said Goh who is here to attend the
sixth ASEAN Summit. (mds)