TUESDAY, 'MAY 25, 1976
UNITED WORLD COLLEGES SCHOLARSHIPS FOR HONG KONG STUDENTS ******
AT LEAST TEN SCHOLARSHIPS ARE BEING OFFERED IN MEMBER COLLEGES OF THE UNITED WORLD COLLEGES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, CANADA AND SINGAPORE TO SELECTED BOYS AND GIRLS IN HONG KONG FOR A TWO-YEAR MATRICULATION COURSE COMMENCING SEPTEMBER, 1976.
FIVE OF THESE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE OFFERED AT ATLANTIC COLLEGE, SOUTH WALES, UNITED KINGDOM, THREE AT PEARSON COLLEGE, VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, AND TWO (POSSIBLY THREE) AT THE SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, SINGAPORE.
THE MATRICULATION COURSES WILL LEAD TO THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY ENTRY EXAMINATION, AND TO THE 6.C.E. ADVANCED LEVEL EXAMINATION,
THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE IS RECOGNIZED FOR UNIVERSITY ENTRY PURPOSES IN HONG KONG AND IN MOST OTHER COUNTRIES. THIS EXAMINATION IS TAKEN IN ATLANTIC COLLEGE AND PEARSON COLLEGE WHILE THE BRITISH G.C.E. ADVANCED LEVEL EXAMINATIONS ARE TAKEN IN SINGAPORE.
THESE COLLEGES WERE ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING THROUGH EDUCATION. THE STUDENT BODY AND TEACHING STAFF ARE FULLY INTERNATIONAL. ENTRY TO EACH COLLEGE IS HIGHLY COMPETITIVE AND IS BASED ON ACADEMIC ABILITY AND PERSONAL QUALITIES.
AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY- FIFTH FORM STUDENTS OF HIGH ABILITY IN ANGLO-CHINESE OR ENGLISH SECONDARY SCHOOLS ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS.
+THE UPPER AGE LIMIT FOR ADMISSION TO THE COLLEGE IS 17-1/2 YEARS ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1976. THIS WILL BE ADHERED TO AS FAR AS POSSIBLE BUT STUDENTS OF EXCEPTIONAL MERIT WHO ARE SLIGHTLY OVER-AGE MAY ALSO BE CONSIDERED.+
HE SAID THAT EACH SCHOLARSHIP WOULD COVER TUITION AND BOARDING FEES FOR THE TWO YEARS, (A RETURN PASSAGE BY AIR WOULD ALSO BE PROVIDED), BUT IT WOULD NOT COVER OTHER EXPENSES SUCH AS MAINTENANCE DURING LONG VACATIONS,
+THE CRITERIA FOR-THE SELECTION OF CANDIDATES WILL PAST ACADEMIC RECORDS суп
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