{"id":14163,"date":"2010-07-29T08:46:54","date_gmt":"2010-07-29T12:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=14163"},"modified":"2010-07-29T09:33:06","modified_gmt":"2010-07-29T13:33:06","slug":"government-continues-to-invest-heavily-in-human-resource-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/educationyouth\/government-continues-to-invest-heavily-in-human-resource-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Government continues to invest heavily in human resource development"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Roseau, Dominica \u2013 July 28, 2010\u2026\u2026\u2026.. <\/strong>The Economic and Social Review for Fiscal Year 2009\/2010 reveals the full extent of Government\u2019s spending on the education and training of the people of Dominica. The report was introduced in Parliament on Tuesday, July 13th 2010, Budget Day,<\/p>\n

During the 2009\/2010 fiscal year, ten Dominicans were awarded scholarships to pursue degrees at universities across China and \u00a0ten were for study in Venezuela. Seven scholarships were given for study in Cuba\u00a0and four each were awarded for study in Mexico and Russia.<\/p>\n

In addition, five Dominicans were awarded scholarships to pursue medicine at All Saints University, four for study at Ross University School of Medicine and seven for study at Grambling State University in the United States.<\/p>\n

The Government awarded five scholarships in Land Surveying and Geomatics in order to address the need for land surveyors.<\/p>\n

Government also made available over $3 million in financial assistance to Dominican students pursuing tertiary level programmes at various institutions locally, on-line and overseas.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development has established several safety net programmes aimed at assisting less advantaged families to ensure that all students have equal access to a well- balanced and high quality of education.<\/p>\n