35 Receive Religious Affairs Ministry Scholarships
By Nela Awang

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Ministry of Religious Affairs has awarded scholarships to 35 local students to pursue further studies abroad for the 2007/2008 academic session.

Two of the five recipients of the master degree scholarships departed yesterday. Ida Nurhafiza Hj Matnoor would be taking MSc in Accounting and Finance while Siti Norain Mohamad would be undertaking MSc Development Economics and Policy. Both would be studying at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom.

Meanwhile, two other Masters scholars - Nooraini Hj A.Ahmad taking Msc Economics Development and Policy Analysis and Hartina Hj Mohamad Ariffin, taking MSc Economics - will be leaving on September 22to the University of Nottingham.

Another recipient who will undertake a master degree programme is Dk Hailmyana Pg Md Yusof, who chose to take Master of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Heritage in Usul Fiqh at the international Islamic University Malaysia. In addition to the five, there are 26 recipients of scholarships for various Bachelor Degree programmes.

Of the number, 19 have chosen to go to Egypt to pursue their studies, six others to Malaysia and one person opted to study in the UK.

Those who chose Egypt as their studying destination left the country earlier on September 13. A group of 15 will be undergoing their studies at the A1-Azhar University, Cairo, one of the oldest operating universities in the world.

Nine of them will be taking the Sarjana Muda Syariah Islam, three chose to do Sarjana Muda Usuluddin (Aqidah and Falsafah), and the other three will be doing the Sarjana Muda Usuluddin (Dakwah), Sarjana Muda Usuluddin (Hadith and Ulum Hadith) and Sarjana Muda Usuluddin (Tafsir and Ulum Quran), respectively. The other two scholars in Egypt will be studying at the Ma'had Qiraat Al-Azrah Shoubra, undertaking Sarjana Muda Al-Quran Wal Qiraat.

Meanwhile, the scholarship recipients who chose to go to Malaysia will be doing their respective degrees at the International Islamic University.

Five will be doing the Bachelor of Islamic Religious Knowledge and Heritage (Quran and Sunnah), and the other two will be taking Bachelor of Islamic Religious Knowledge and Heritage (Usul al-Din and Comparative Religion), and a double degree in Bachelor of Laws (Civil with Syari'ah), respectively.

Nurul Syazwani Hj Kahar/ Hj Abdul Kahar, the only recipient to undergo her bachelor degree in the United Kingdom, will be leaving on September 21.

She will be leaving for the University of Bath, undertaking Master of Pharmacy, which has been recognised as comparable to a bachelor degree honours qualification.

Another batch of scholarship recipients make up the Skim Khas Tenaga Akademik.

This group of ten had left the country on September 10.

Under the scholarship, they will be pursuing their ‘A’ Levels studies. One is attending the Headington School Oxford, three are placed the Owestry School and one in Bedford School. The exclusive scholarships were awarded to students who have achieved excellent academic performance.-- Courtesy of The Brunei Times

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