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jeudi 20 août 2015

Benefits Of Scholarships For African Students

By Nancy Gardner


Scholarships to study abroad is usually offered to African scholars, but only under some conditions which include that they should have completed their high school education or have an undergraduate degree from a recommendable university or college from their country of origin. This kind of scholarship is given to the such students so as to give them a platform to get the type of education offered to their fellow university trainees abroad. It is a fact that these modes of education covers a larger scope than that offered in the African schools. We therefore get to focus on the advantages of scholarships for African students.

Recently, a good number of organizations and universities located abroad have come forward to offer grants to African scholars. These sponsors have put the focus on giving these opportunities to those African scholars who are facing financial problems. They therefor give a full financial sponsor to these less fortunate students.

These sponsors go a mile further and focus on the performance of these scholars. In fact, this is usually a factor which determines whether a candidate who has applied for the scholarship will be successful or not. They have to be satisfied that the scholarship candidate has the ability to perform excellently academically. It is after the candidate has met this requirement that they can go ahead and consider the other factors such as their financial status.

It is a fact that those trainees who are lucky enough to be given a scholarship opportunity to study abroad get to benefit a lot more from the opportunity. They get to experience a lot more than their fellow students back in the universities of Africa.

These students studying under this bursary get to acquire a lot during their stay in the foreign countries. They get to learn about things that are practiced in that particular country which dont happen in their home country. They also get to learn the foreign languages as they slowly learn to interact with the community around them. They get the opportunity to be exposed to things that will help change the perspective in which they view a lot of things.

Learners who are studying under scholarship abroad have the opportunity to learn more than just what is taught in class. They get to interact with the locals and learn the way of life of the people of that particular country. This means that they also get to understand and become able to speak a different language apart from English depending on the language that is spoken in those countries.

Leaving alone the personal growth that these trainees will get to experience, they will also get the opportunity to develop cross cultural and international skills. Being equipped with these, it means that they are expanding their employment opportunities in the future and this will also be assured of a boost in their potential income. These scholars can also gain more skills through internship before employment. These skills will really help in fortifying the in the increasing cultural and ethical workforce.

After completion of their scholarship period abroad, these potential employees can be employed by a company in the country they studied or they can go back home and employ the skills they acquired to improve their countries economy.




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