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Imphal, Aug 3 : Students who aim to study abroad but do not have much money to fund their education can explore the numerous scholarships that the governments of various countries offer. One such being the Community College Initiative Program of the U.S.Government.
Community Colleges are the gateway to higher education in the U.S. for a growing number of students. They are largest and fastest growing sector of higher education in America.
These colleges offer various types of courses, which are mostly job-oriented. Depending on the courses, students are awarded associate degrees or certificates.
Out of 8 students selected this year, 2 are from Manipur. Both the students happen to be Baccalaureate students of Darwin School of Business, one of the city’s premier management institution. The college recently organized a formal press conference to announce their selection and allow interaction of the selected student with the press and media. Speaking on the occasion, Dr.T.K.Bharali, Dean-Academics, stated – “Most of the students in this part of the country are unaware of the various scholarships/grants that are available for higher studies in India and especially in abroad. Children of the political and bureaucratic class of rest of India, most of whom do not need assistance, avail such opportunities and our pupils are just left uninformed. We wish to take this message to the masses that higher education is now not only a privilege of the powerful and the rich.”
One of the selected student, Ms.ZenithLairikyengbam has already joined her college in Florida, namely, Miami Dade College where she would be pursuing her business studies. Zenith aims to be a business woman The other successful candidate Ms.Veipune Sarah whose roots are in Nagaland, has been selected to join the prestigious Whatcom Community College in Washington. She is scheduled to depart in the first part of August.
Speaking on the occasion, Ms.Sarah explained her entire journey of selection. She still is in disbelief that with such a humble family background she too could make it to the final cut and be eligible for the 100% scholarship. Her entire stay, fooding, lodging, travel and education would be sponsored by the U.S.Government along with her classmate Zenith. In fact, they would also be earning a stipend of 700USD every month during their entire course of 1year study.
Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/manipur-girls-to-go-to-u-s-a-from-darwin/
