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Monday, October 05, 2009 - 5.13 GMT |
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Mahatma Gandhi
schols for SL students |
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Hundred
Sri
Lankan
students
were
awarded
Mahatma
Gandhi
Scholarships
at a
function
held in
the
Indian
High
Commission
in
Colombo
recently.
These
students
were
selected
from all
the 25
Districts
of Sri
Lanka on
the
criterion
of
merit-cum-means
on the
basis of
their
performance
in
Ordinary
Level
(O/L)
examinations
2007 as
well as
interviews
jointly
conducted
by the
High
Commission
of India
Colombo
and the
Ministry
of
Higher
Education.
The
selected
scholars
will
receive
a
financial
assistance
of
Rs.1,500/-
per
month
for a
period
of two
years to
enable
them to
successfully
pursue
their
Advanced
Level
(A/L)
courses.
Mahatma
Gandhi
Scholarship
programme,
which
was
instituted
last
year,
will
continue
every
year in
the
future
and 100
or more
Sri
Lankan
students
will be
selected
from all
the
Districts
of the
country
for
award of
scholarships.
Depending
upon
their
performance,
some of
these
students
can also
be
selected
for
Indian
Council
for
Cultural
Relations
(ICCR)
scholarships
for
various
undergraduate
and
postgraduate
courses.
The
Indian
government
has been
offering
a large
number
of
scholarships
for Sri
Lankan
students
in
various
educational
fields.
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