Scholarships for Burmese Students

July 25, 2008

_ by Aung Kyaw Soe

I would like to discuss shortly about different scholarships/financial assistance schemes as I found there are confusion among people in overseas, and inside Burma.

First message is that scholarships differ in their nature, demands and missions. They can easily be categorized into following profiles: _

 

1. Scolarships based on nationality, citizenship, faith, or heritage or a cause: _

Some scholarships are handed out from donor agencies to recipient government employees: educators working for public tertiary educations, policy making offices as part of technical and development assistance from donor to recipient country. Not only limited to active government employees, individuals who are admitted to an approved educational institutions can also apply for those scholarships.

Sometimes the donor organization may be assisting students with a particular faith, political belief to promote a cause. Read the rest of this entry »