Ten Dominican citizens have been granted the opportunity to pursue a University education through the Chinese Government Scholarship program.
Miguel Bruney, Jancy M Phillip, Curlson George, Wendy Williams, Dania Lovell, Jermina Roberts, Kathlyn C. Paul, Desrond O James, Jackie Xavier and Eleesha Hilliare were all handed their admission letters from the Charge d’ Affaires, Qui Weiwei, Education Minister Petter Saint Jean and Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Alvin Bernard.
Minister of Education Petter Saint. Jean warned the students that they should not squander the opportunity that has been bestowed upon them to become global citizens.
He said the Chinese Government has awarded 126 Dominican students with scholarships over the past nine years. This investment amounts to over US $7 million.
Saint. Jean underscored the importance of education and stated, “A learned people is imperative for individual development and also for economic growth and sustainability. Education remains a major priority of this government as we seek to elevate the lives of our people. Therefore, the continued investment the Chinese Government and people in the development of our human resource capacity must be highly acknowledged and commended.”
Saint. Jean pointed out that the students are fortunate to benefit from the Scholarship program since it gives them the opportunity to broaden their knowledge, understanding and experience in a diverse culture.
Charge d’Affaires, Qui Weiwei noted that the Chinese Government Scholarship program is one that connects the individual dream with the country’s dream.
Correction Curtison George! Congrats Cutri…. make us proud in white city.
wish the chinese were around when i needed a scholarship.the psc turned me down when applied for a scholarship because i ran carnival with a white woman.thats what they told leblanc.
check your english and you will understand why you were not accepted
Good luck to you guys. Brace yourself for real cause once you reach Dominica Gov’tt forget about allu until you become sucessful. Since last yyear september they send stuudents morroco and up to know they doe fart on dem. Walk wwitth cash take a loan better to be safe than sorry.
congrats miguel i know u’ll make me proud
Shanise I cried when I saw you was one of them, your mother has been working hard as a vendor, make us proud, we will pray for God protection over you. God bless the person who consider you, and abode bless all the student.
Eleesha all the best to you, let’s hope your study has to do with the skyline which has always been your passion, God bless you child, make Dominicans proud especially wow. God bless all of you.
Wow do not kill de person child over a scholarship because of politics
thanks to the chinese, we are greatfull but i believe that if we dont stop taking from the chinese we will soon become too dependent on them. dont get me wrong we sending kids to study when th ey come back jobs. please take those money and build factories get back into farming grow what we eat . chinese making everything make them teach our people to make things too. dominica full of hair dressers and nail technicians who are unemployed. plant cain to export for sugar factories or build a factory. i saw rice grow here already irish potatoes you name it.
To all of you, especially my former students Eleesha and Kathlyn I just want to take the opportunity to wish you all the best in your studies. Studying in a foreign country comes with all its challenges especially when there is a language barrier but with determination and trust in God everything will be alright. Keep your head on your shoulders, tell yourself that you are on a personal mission and that you are going to fulfill all your goals you have set before you. One last advice always pray and ask God to guide you in your studies, only He can bring you SUCCESS! God Bless you!
I wish you all the best. You have the opportunity to get a solid education, learn a language that is international demand and be exposed to a new culture. Look for the opportunities. You will face challenging times, but they will build character.Keep your eyes on the goals, you have set for yourselves. I love you all.
Please take proper pictures so people can recognize the people in it or don’t put at all…stupes
Proper picture or not, you will still be a hater! lol!
Two things makes you a paro. (1) drugs. (2) educated with no jobs.
true true!!!
YES, THE GOVERNMENT IS HELPING THEM FISH, WHICH IS TRUE. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AT WHAT COST?. AND BY THE WAY, WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY FISHING? THE GOVERNMENT NOT HELPING THEM TO FISH MORE, OR THE GOVERNMENT ALREADY KILL THEM. REMEMBER, THERE ARE TWO IMPORTANT WORDS, FIRST AND SECOND OR BEFORE AND AFTER. “A BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH”, NEVER THROW AN OLD FOR A NEW.
Congratulations young people who are chosen to study in China. The minister has given you some sound advice, to make the most of the opportunity. For the present there is not much I could add to it except to say, good luck, study hard and when you depart and arrive in China, keep well and safe. I expect prior to your departure we will be haring more about your travel and curriculum. God bless you!
congratulations Curlson, and all the best with your studies in China.
I guess this isn’t the same Curslon who just specialized in cuba. I should say Dr Curlson George.
Yep, so they can go back to Dominica after indoctrination and help form the Dominica communist party and make it a requirement that all Dominica school children lean to read and write Chinese while Dominica is being made a Chinese colony with a Chinese Governor with Skerrit as Premiere of the Dominica communist party.
Look out for the “global citizen” part. Everyone is always toting “jobs.” What they should be saying is creating “careers.” I don’t see many DA people that really want to work. Quick money and an easy take is what I see over and over again.
A miracle Skerritt is not in the photo. He’s away again nuh?
So many passport we gave them, and only 10 scholarships? Chinese cheap man!!
Instead of saying Thank You for the opportunity given to these young men and women you complaining it should be more – D**n ungrateful!
Did you consider this? If the Chinese government gives any more scholarships and all at once, there will be no one, i.e., no young people in Dominica. You would be a very lonely person.
Ten at a time is good enough.
Mr.Minster if my MATH is correct , you are telling us that on average $729,615 EC is spent on a student, ah Mon dominique pa sort… be more realistic
Where you learn math?
WRONG CALCULATION MY FRIEND….THE AVERAGE AMOUNT IF SEVEN MILLION IS DIVIDED AMOUNG 126 STUDENTS IS $55, 555.55…ALLU TOO LIKE RORO!!!
$7,000,000 US = $18,970,000 EC. Conversion rate $2.71
If 129 students were sent then $18,970,000 divided 129 would give us the average spent on each student. That average works out to be $147,054.26 EC
I’m not quite sure how your calculations were done, but your $729,615 is WRONG!
Actually your math is incorrect. You people must stop trying to act like political parasites with negativity. so many people agree with your idiotic statement and no one bothered to actually do the math as you claimed. the article said “7 Million spent on 126 persons over a nine year period” so the Math to figure out how much was spent on each person would be 7 Million/126 which is 55,555.56 USD or 150,555.56 XCD. How in gods name did you get at 729,615 per student????? but to be fair to you you did say “if your math is correct” Clearly you left Math at pre school….Why would DNO allow such a libelous comment and not allow so many other good ones???SMH
your math seems inaccurate to me tho….
126 students ≈ 7,000,000
1 student = x
7,000,000/126 ≈ 55,555.56
therefore: 55,555.56 x 2.7169 ≈ 150,938.89
Hence the figure is actually around $150.938.89 EC per student……a bit more realistic
All all you decalculation is just assumptions. The said amount will never be spent equally on all the students. Money gets lost in the shuffle. So all the maths I’ve seen so far is dead wrong. I see some logic; not correct math. Already one ‘mathamatician’ came up with an “average.” Ten gas stations on the Island, each one sells at a different price. Through addition and division one arrives at an average price per gallon. Each student’s need is different, and monies would have to be allocated to each one based on their particular need. See how we fight over trivialities!!
Well I dont know where you learn to do maths but 7 million ec times 2.7169 divided by 126 students is $150938 EC per student and thats a very realistic number. Maybe they should have given you a scholarship to go and study maths.
You do have to remember that Government provides housing and stipend to these students so it is not just the tuition
DNO you all are not easy at all…. you refused to post my comment as it relates to the mathematical error. There are so many more despicable comments that you post here!! It leaves me to wonder what are the qualifications for one’s comment to be allowed public viewing fairly/impartially on this site….
I thingk your math is incorrect. They said 126 not just 10. did you read the whole thing?
Well its quite obvious you need one of those scholarships to go studey MATHS! lol!
EXCELLENT WORK DONE YUNGSTARRRS….ESPECIALLY MY GURLS KAFFO AND JANCY !!! MAKE YOUR COUNTRY AND FAMILY’S PROUD HEARRR !!!!
IT’S FUNNY HOW NO ONE COMMENTED ON HERE…HAD IT BEEN A NEGATIVE SUMTING…THEY WOULD’VE BEEN ALLOVER IT !..HAHAHA BUH DOH ‘FRAID Y’ALL GOIN TO REPLACE ALOT OF ILLITERATES AND LOW MINDED PEOPLE….DO THA DO !!!! KWAHHHYEEEB !!! 
wish some thing was said about the students and not just their names – for example their field of study
Patience! It will be stated in time. Did you not note the length of this article?
good look!
Chhhhhh, Great stuff! Positive Vibes
126 and I never heard of anyone of them graduating plz correct me if am wrong just wondering. Anyways good luck to all anyways know that perserverance is key its not going to be easy but lean on God for strength.
Hello just to correct you, quite a few have graduated and some with honors. A few have also chosen to continue their studies and seek employment opportunities in China.
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Why is it that a parl rep decides who gets a scholarship…..everything stinks here
I would think they are well chosen according to their ability. It is like other scholarships. The best ones win.
why does it stink if people with kinds of affiliatiosn are getting the opportunities?
My dear students. Congratulations. here’s your opportunity to make something of yourself. go out there, work hard and make yourself, your parents and your country proud. hard work never kills, but laziness has terrible rewards which could lead to death.
Congratulations to you all…..
hmmmm i wonder why no commentsssss? something good for the youth of dominica not one nothing positive to say ppl that always commenting on dno where all you at only bad comments all you like to type
And yet still, when they return to Dominica, no jobs are available.
Is there a certain level of discrimination on the part of the Dominica Government in favour of the Chinese scholarship program?
The Cuban scholarship program has been operational for 34 years and has produced some excellent professionals, but listening to government officials one would swear that only China has given scholarships.
It is time that those Cuban graduates make their presence known and give Cuba the admiration and gratitude it deserves. Had it not been for Cuba our professionals would still be a handful of elites trained at UWI, UK and USA.
Thanks China but Cuba’s contribution towards the training of Dominicans runs in over One Hundred Million Dollars more than 20 times what you have contributed. I have always been taught “Make new friends, but keep the old” don’t be ungrateful or engras.
Very true and when these come back,they more quicky get jobs than those schooled in china
Well done I do hope there will be jobs for theses young people once they have completed there studies. And if not dont blame them if they choose to work elsewhere.
Im sure they can create there one. Once you are educated, the opportunities are endless.
brace yourselves ppl
Strupes! one of the girls moda is a poto UPEE. Hate de government yet enjoying the fruits of the government. Strupessssssssssssssssssssss. ALL SHALL EAT!
According to them – only Labourites “begging”b but i do not begrudge anyone an education. All MUST EAT….even though is beg Skerrit beg for the scolarships. 126 stidents – Very Good!
then they claiming the government does not teach them how to fish.
What you don’t know and what is never reported is that the opposition are allocated their share of scholarships also although at times the government tries to sneak all.
Nonsence!!!
So only Labourites that should get scholarships? When are we going to stop with the petty politics? You will cause people to pretend to be Labour just to get benefits and then they are not being real! It’s a free country, let’s encourage diversity. I am not a supporter of UWP by any means but your statement is ridiculous. This message is for wow
@ wow
1. If u are saying is only 1 UWP supporter that got a scholarship, then there is something very wrong about that too. Every single UWP pay taxes and contribute to the economy and only 1 gets a scholarship.
2. Finally the child is not responsible for the decision of her parent(s).
3. Dominican are one people. Is only weak and foolish people that take pride in dividing their nation.
4. when a person disagrees with the policies of the ruling party, that does not mean they hate anyone. This is a right enshrined in the constitution.
5. your gutter rantings have done much damage to the image of Dominica since it portrays the inhabitants as petty minded, divided and illiterate fools.
Congrats miss Wendy… Wishing you all the best in your studies and your travels. Do take care of your self and don’t study too to hard, remember to have a lill fun in between.