Higher Education: China Grants 30,000 Scholarships To Africa

Cameroonians can apply either through the Ministry of Higher Education or directly to concerned Chinese universities.

China will in the next three years grant 30,000 scholarships to Africans for higher education studies in various disciplines as expressed by individual African governments. There are also opportunities for on-site vocational training in Africa and China and the provision of educational equipment in various subjects and trades. The announcement was made in the Chinese capital, Beijing, on May 12, 2017, by educational officials at a press briefing for 27 African journalists.

Xu Tao, Director General of the Department of International Cooperation and Exchanges in the Ministry of Education, recalled that 40,349 scholarships were granted to Africa in the last five years. Over 10,000 scholarships for university studies and research went to the continent in 2016, Xu Tao said. There are about 60,000 Africans now studying in China, officials said. An Yan, Director of the Division for Student Mobility in the Ministry of Education, disclosed that 718 Cameroonians have received Chinese scholarships since 1959. Some 269 Cameroonians were awarded scholarships in 2016 out of the 2,867 studying in China.

An Yan advised Cameroonian students to look out for scholarships advertised through the Ministry of Higher Education, MINESUP and also those offered directly by Chinese universities. They should visit the website www.csc.edu.cn for guidelines. Meanwhile, Zhejiang Normal University of...