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More Choices Await Scholarship Students
By Azlan Othman

Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei’s Minister of Education said the government wants to see students acquire knowledge from the best universities that possess heritage and knowledge resources with proven research.

Revealing that five Brunei students will pursue their studies at Oxford University while another five at Cambridge University, Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Lela Dato Seri Setia Awg Abdul Rahman said the ministry will widen their support services by opening up students affairs offices in Singapore, US and Australia and introduce more competitive selection system that takes into account strength, suitability and ability of students recommended for such scholarships.

The minister also said that his ministry would widen the destination of choice for Brunei students to pursue studies at world renowned institutions in the United States, Germany, China, Japan and South Korea to acquire knowledge from unique and strong academicians.

The minister said this at the thanksgiving and get-together ceremony for 428 government scholarship students who will be studying at local and foreign institutions at the International Convention Centre in Berakas, yesterday.

A handful of them will study at the top 20 universities in the UK. Others will head for New Zealand, US, France, Canada, Malaysia and Australia.

Pehin Rahman added that 131 graduates under the government scholarships have completed their studies this year. Ten graduates have obtained first class, 47 have graduated with second class upper while another six have received their masters and three will complete their PhDs.

In elaborating the award of scholarship, he said the Ministry of Education in providing overseas scholarships would give priority to send students to renowned universities worldwide.

The strength of the universities coupled with the teaching and learning environment, brighter students from overseas, vast knowledge of academicians both regionally and internationally generates intellectual discussions and renowned research.

In line with this, the Ministry of Education will ensure that programmed offered under the government scholarships can fulfill the human resource needs in Brunei. In addition, the choice of programmed under such scheme will not affect programmed run by the local tertiary institutions, but enrich the production of highly skilful graduates.

In other words, local scholarship students studying at the local university are of similar importance to those who are offered to study abroad as they are the selected ones amongst thousands of applicants. They are also given the opportunity to continue their studies through various twinning programmed under the MoU with renowned universities in UK and New Zealand. "We will add more programmed as their benefits are vast," he said.

The management of present scholarship schemes will be enhanced and currently the Ministry of Education is outlining plans to introduce placement system for students during their semester break at government and private agencies in Brunei to gain early exposure and work experience.

"There has been a 10 per cent increase in the percentage of 'O' and 'A' levels this year. In 2007, two masters’ students pursued their PhDs while two other students who obtained first class in their first degree were offered to take PhDs. Another 39 first degree students took masters for the 20071 2008 session and three 11/8D students are currently at in second year of their first-degree courses," he said.

Three students taking accountancy are continuing then studies taking professional Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) or Certified Financial Analyst (CFA). -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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