The 614 college students receiving the scholarship will examine in 116 universities, providing Diploma-1 (D1) to doctorate levels (S3).
Not less than 4 of the 116 universities are exterior West Java, particularly, Gadjah Mada College (UGM), Diponegoro College, Airlangga College, and Surabaya Institute of Know-how.
Governor Kamil mentioned that the group’s enthusiasm in collaborating within the scholarship program remained excessive in 2022. There have been 30 thousand candidates for the scholarship.
“Congratulations, out of tens of hundreds of candidates, there are 614 individuals who obtain the scholarships. That is proof that we actually care about the way forward for West Java human assets,” Kamil remarked.
Nevertheless, the variety of recipients in 2022 confirmed a decline in comparison with the earlier years. The variety of scholarship recipients stood at 1,253 in 2021, 1,327 in 2020, and 1,690 in 2019.
The governor revealed that the discount within the variety of recipients was attributable to price range changes for assembly different improvement wants.
“It is because of price range components, it was Rp25 billion, this yr it was Rp9.8 billion,” he knowledgeable.
Nevertheless, he assured that the price range for the West Java Future Leaders Scholarship program shall be elevated in 2023 to Rp30 billion, together with for functions for abroad schooling.
Kamil suggested scholarship recipients to use realized information to unravel present issues, particularly in West Java.
“Hopefully, the recipients will deal with finishing their research on time and I’m ready for them to construct West Java in any facet,” he added.
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