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Eight Seychellois receive documents for studies in China |25 August 2017

 

Eight Seychellois students are leaving the country end of August for further studies in China.

They were presented with their tickets by the chargé d’Affaires of the Chinese embassy, Guo Zhenguang, in a small ceremony at the embassy, St Louis, yesterday morning.

Their studies have become possible through the sponsorship of the Chinese government in collaboration with Seychelles government through the Agency for National Human Resource Development (ANHRD).

Going to universities in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu Province and Liaoning Province, the students will be pursuing 3 to 5 years of study at undergraduate and masters levels in various fields such as world economy, information, finance, business and design. The eight students are Ted Essack (Masters in Artistic Designing), Dominique Sabino (Masters in Business Administration), Jiuyi Zhang (Masters in World Economy), Terry Moncherry (Bachelor in Fine Arts), Calvin Malbrook (Bachelor in Business Administration), Mersiah Rose (Bachelor in Survey & Mapping Engineering), Francis Woodcock (Bachelor in Chinese Language) and Natalie Samynadin who was not present at the ceremony (Masters in Physical Education).

Present at the ceremony were the acting chief executive of ANHRD Nadia Lauricourt, representatives of the department of Foreign Affairs, Chinese embassy and ANHRD, students, parents and other invitees. Chargé D’Affaires Zhenguang said China and Seychelles have enjoyed a sound relationship for the past 41 years which have seen frequent exchanges between the two countries at all levels, and fruitful results in various fields such as trade, health, culture, tourism and defence.

“Among them, education has always been one of the key areas for China-Seychelles cooperation. Up until this year, the Chinese government has granted scholarships to nearly 150 Seychellois students. I am glad to see that many of the students have accomplished their studies in China and are playing important roles in various industries in the national development of Seychelles,” said Mr Guo.

He reminded the students to make full use of the opportunity and to study hard.

He also told them to learn more about China and to enhance friendship with the Chinese people so as to become the envoys of friendship in promoting the understanding and friendship between China and Seychelles.

To the students, ANHRD’s acting CEO Nadia Lauricourt said “this represents an important step in your life”.

“Your journey is about to start, you will gain new knowledge, discover a new culture, but this in itself forms part of your studies. I ask that you take your studies seriously. Give the best of yourself. But more importantly, return to Seychelles and give back what the country has invested in you,” added Mrs Lauricourt who wished them good luck in their studies.

On behalf of her fellow colleagues, Mersiah Rose extended their gratitude to their teachers, employing organisations, their families and the Chinese and Seychelles governments for supporting and giving them the opportunity to not only be proud professionals to our country “but also make our host country see the fruits of their labour, to keep encouraging them to invest in other young Seychellois”.

Ms Rose, who works in the Geographic Information System in the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change, said she hopes to do well in her studies and to come back to work in her section to share her knowledge with other staff.

A-Level graduate Calvin Malbrook said he is not too sure what to expect in China as he had heard that “life is very fast over there, but I’m sure I will make new friends and on the education side I will give my all so as to achieve my objective”.

Also at the embassy over lunch, the students were able to gather some information about life and study experience in China from a group of students who had just returned from a one year Mandarine Chinese language course. 

 

 

 

 

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