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The Government of the Republic of Indonesia has recently awarded three scholarships to Mrs. Amie Jammeh, Mr. Modou Jonga staff of Brikama Area Council, West Coast Region and one Mr. Lamin Baldeh, a resident of Tabokoto.
Mrs. Amie Jammeh is admitted at the University of Airlangga, Indonesia to pursue a Masters program in Disaster Management, Mr, Modou Jonga is admitted at the University of Gadjah Mada to pursue Masters in Public Policy Management under the Kemitraan Negara Bekembang Scholarship under the Ministry of Research., Technology and Higher Education of Indonesia while Mr. Lamin Baldeh is to study the Indonesian Official language, Art and Culture under the Darmasiswa Scholarship organized by the Ministry of Education and Culture in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia.
According to officials, the Darmasiswa scholarship is accorded to foreign students from countries that have diplomatic relationships with Indonesia to study the Indonesian Bahasa language, art and culture. The Kemitraan Negara Bekembang known as the partnership program for development is a financial assistance offered by the Indonesian government to International students from developing countries to Pursue their Masters degree in Indonesian Universities.
The objectives of the scholarship is to contribute to the human resource development in developing countries, promote deeper cultural understanding between countries and strengthen relationship and cooperation between developing countries.
Speaking on behalf of at the orientation session of 2017 KNB Scholarship students from forty-seven countries held at Ibis Hotel, Jakarta Mr. Modou Jonga extended sincere gratitude and appreciation to the government of Indonesia for their foresight in creating these unique scholarship opportunities for student from developing countries.
Mr. Jonga commended Indonesian officials and the International Admission officials of the sixteen universities for their hard work in making sure that students travelled from their countries to Indonesia without hindrance.
He pledged on behalf of his colleagues to make best use of the scholarship opportunities and be good ambassadors of their countries and be good ambassadors for and on behalf of Indonesia during and after their studies.
A total of 7 (seven) Gambians have benefitted from the Darmasiswa and Kemitraan Negara Bekembang scholarship program since 2008.
