By Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, President of the University Of Cambodia (UC), has announced plans to provide a total of 600 full scholarships for students who have passed high school exams for academic year 2007-08, which took place throughout the country on August 4-6, 2008.
The President held a press conference on the subject of “Samdech Decho Hun Sen’s Vision-100 Scholarships” on August 19 2008 at the UC Conference Center. He said that the 100- scholarship program is supported by Dr. Rikhi Thakral, President of Thakral Holdings LTD in Singapore, under the banner of “Samdech Decho Hun Sen’s Vision-100 Scholarships”. A further 500 scholarships are to be funded by Dr. Haruhisa Handa (an accomplished author of works on spiritual matters, writing under the nom de plume Toshu Fukami). Dr Handa is Chairman and founder of the International Foundation for Arts and Culture in Japan. His support for the University’s scholarships will go under the title “Samedch Hun Sen-Handa National Scholarships 2008”.
He said that the full scholarships will cover all college fees for a four year academic program with a choice of 10 subjects at UC. This opportunity is open to this year’s entire crop of High School graduates, provided they have solid passes in their high school exams for academic year 2007-08.
Those ten subjects include English literature, education, law, economics, marketing, human resource management, computer science, international relations, political science, and development studies.
The President said the main purpose of the scholarships was to develop the Nation’s human resource capacity, guiding its progression by the application of academic rigor within a supportive and forward looking learning environment.
“We foresee that these scholarships will enable the free flow and expression of scholastic excellence, with positive consequences both for the future of the individual scholarship student and human resource development in Cambodia.” he said. “The University’s wish is to see students who complete their studies with UC, become members of National Assembly for instance, or politicians, or leaders in the education sector. The future success of our students is limited merely by the scope of their imagination and willingness to make the best out of opportunities such as these.”
Ms Por Malis, Deputy Vice-president for Operations at UC, said that Application Forms for “Samdech Decho Hun Sen’s Vision -100 Scholarships 2008” and “Samdech Hun Sen-Handa National Scholarships 2008” were now available at the UC City Campus.
The Deputy Vice-President also noted that the deadline for returning completed scholarship application forms for the “Samdech Decho Hun Sen’s Vision -100 Scholarships 2008” program will be 10th September 2008. The closing date for return of “Samdech Hun Sen-Handa National Scholarships 2008” will fall on 20th September 2008.
She also said that for entry to the “Samdech Decho Hun Sen’s Vision-100 Scholarships 2008” program, entrance exams will take place on 13th September 2008, with results posted around the campus and the University Website by 19th September 2008. The scholarships will be awarded in a ceremony scheduled for 25th September 2008 and study will commence at the start of the new term, 6th October 2008.
She also noted that entrance exams for the “Samedch Hun Sen-Handa National Scholarships 2008” will be held on 21st September 2008, with results posted by 27th September. The awards will be held on October 2, with study to commence 6th October 2008.
The Scholarship Awards Ceremony will be presided over by the Prime Minister Hun Sen, Dr. Haruhisa Handa (Toshu Fukami) and Dr. Rikhi Thakral on 25th September 2008.
According to Chroeung Limsrey, Director of the Secondary Education Department in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, around 80,000 students attended the high school exams for the academic year 2007-08.
He said that the official results of the high school exam will be released on 29th August 2008.
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