Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama was delighted to hear that four Fiji students studying in the Republic of Korea will be rewarded for their academic effort through the provision of financial assistance by the Woojung Cultural and Education Foundation of Korea.
The students, Abel Chandra, Shiu Kumar and Rajeev Piyare, all master’s students of Mokpo National University and Sunia Soko Loga, an undergraduate of Kosin University were selected following the submission of their applications to the Woojung Foundation by the Fiji Embassy in Korea.
“These are very good beginnings for 2013 especially coming out of Korea as we had only opened our mission here last year”, Prime Minister Bainimarama said.
“With the offer of scholarships by Kyung Hee University and now the financial assistance by the Woojung Foundation, I have no doubt that our Fiji students studying in Korea will be well looked after”.
Fiji’s Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, His Excellency Filimone Kau said that students were selected by the Foundation after consideration of their academic results of last year and on a needs basis.
“Our students studying at Mokpo were not only selected because of their excellent academic results but also because as students pursuing Master’s Degrees in Electronic Engineering, the scholarship will enable them to purchase their hardware components and research stationeries to aid their studies.”
“For Sunia, he is a private a student and his academic results speak for itself and I have no doubt he deserves this assistance for living expenses and also his studies,” Ambassador Kau said.
Ambassador Kau also acknowledged the offer by Woojung Foundation saying it showed the confidence that were shown for Fiji students studying in Korea.
“We appreciate with deep gratitude the Woojung Education and Culture Foundation’s level of commitment to assisting tertiary education in small island states and developing countries, particularly Fiji through its offer of support for 2013.”
Through the assistance, the students will receive KRW3,000,000 a semester allowance from the Foundation.
The Prime Minister was in Korea on official engagements before departing for France to inspect progress works on Fiji’s newest airbus fleet for Fiji Airways.
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