{"id":78016,"date":"2016-09-13T20:23:02","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T18:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/cameroon-womens-scholarship-20162017-edition-launched\/"},"modified":"2016-09-13T20:23:02","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T18:23:02","slug":"cameroon-womens-scholarship-20162017-edition-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cameroon-womens-scholarship-20162017-edition-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameroon Women&#8217;s Scholarship 2016\/2017 edition launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/cameroon-womens-scholarship-20162017-edition-launched?lang=en\">Cameroon Women&#8217;s Scholarship 2016\/2017 edition launched<\/a>: <\/p>\n<p>The British High Commission in Yaounde- Cameroon, is announcing to the general public that the 2016\/2017 edition of the Cameroon Women&rsquo;s Scholarship has now been launched.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Cameroon Women&rsquo;s Scholarship targets women with strong leadership potential, who possess the academic excellence to pursue a Master&rsquo;s degree, but face a significant financial barrier to continuing their studies.<\/p>\n<p>The Scholarship is funded by the British High Commission in Cameroon which also manages the scheme in partnership with the Cameroon Women&rsquo;s Scholarship Alumni and the Cameroon Chevening Alumni Association.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"the-award\">The Award<\/h3>\n<p>The British High Commission&rsquo;s Cameroon Women&rsquo;s Scholarship will award twenty (20) scholarships for candidates starting a master&rsquo;s degree course at any recognized university in Cameroon for studies related to Commonwealth values and principles. The award is a lump sum of one million francs (FCFA 1 MILLION) and two mandatory leadership training for all laureates.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"course-of-study\">Course of Study<\/h3>\n<p>The areas of studies in which candidates are sought for 2016-17 are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Human Rights<\/li>\n<li>Rule of Law \/Governance<\/li>\n<li>Information and Communication Technology<\/li>\n<li>Science and Technology<\/li>\n<li>Development studies<\/li>\n<li>Media Management and Legislation<\/li>\n<li>Security (International Security\/Security Management\/Terrorism\/Regional Development\/Conflict Resolution\/Peace Studies.<\/li>\n<li>Public Health<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Candidates are to be assessed against the following criteria:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p>have the personal, intellectual and interpersonal qualities necessary for leadership in their home country<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>be motivated to make a career leading to a position of leadership in their own countries within 10 years of their Scholarship<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>be committed to networking to find global solutions to key development issues<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>be able to use their studies and experience to benefit themselves, their country and the FCO<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>be capable of successfully undertaking and completing their proposed course<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>NB: Application and personal statements MUST be in English Language irrespective of the language of instruction of the candidate and the school she will be attending.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"who-is-eligible-to-apply\">Who is eligible to apply?<\/h3>\n<p>The Cameroon Women Scholarship is open to those who meet the following criteria:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p>must have secured an admission for the 2015\/2016 academic year in any higher education institution of learning in Cameroon by 31st January 2016. Failure in securing admission by this date will lead to the withdrawal of scholarship.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>the start date of the applicants&rsquo; chosen course must fall within the first half of the 2016\/2017 academic year.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>must be a national of Cameroon<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>must hold an undergraduate degree (an equivalent of 3 &#8211; 4 years undergraduate studies) in any field with grade of at least a Second Class-upper (Hons)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>must have at least two (2) years work experience by 30 September 2016<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>There is no age limit for Cameroon Women&rsquo;s Scholarship.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"how-to-apply\">How to apply<\/h3>\n<p>To apply, provide the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p>A completed scholarship application form (see below)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>A personal statement &#8211; a one-page statement\/essay about yourself, your leadership potential, accomplishments and career goals (maximum of 800 words.)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>An updated CV (include contact details of two referees maximum of 2 pages using font 12 Times New Roman.) You will be disqualified if you do not stick to the guidance.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>NB: Only the above three documents are needed at the first stage. Candidates shortlisted for interview will be required to submit copies of university level transcripts and all academic certificates.<\/p>\n<p>Submit your documents as an attachment to camwomenscholarship@gmail.com.<\/p>\n<p>You can only apply via email. Your three files should be named as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>appNAME for the application form<\/li>\n<li>personalNAME for the personal statement<\/li>\n<li>cvNAME for the CV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>E.g.: candidate named Fouda Pauletta would have her files as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>appFOUDA<\/li>\n<li>personalFOUDA<\/li>\n<li>cvFOUDA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Application deadline: 30 November 2016<\/p>\n<p>Not following all the application guidelines will result to disqualification.<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO on behalf of British High Commission &#8211; Yaounde.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"well well-sm\"><b>Media files<\/b><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/thumb\/a63ea9657d0a79e\/200\/70\" alt=\"British High Commission - Yaounde\"\/><br \/>Download logo<\/div>\n<p><small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/cameroon-womens-scholarship-20162017-edition-launched?lang=en\">APO &#8211; Africa-Newsroom: latest news releases related to Africa<\/a><\/small><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cameroon Women&#8217;s Scholarship 2016\/2017 edition launched: The British High Commission in Yaounde- Cameroon, is announcing to the general public that the 2016\/2017 edition of the Cameroon Women&rsquo;s Scholarship has now been launched. The Cameroon Women&rsquo;s Scholarship targets women with strong leadership potential, who possess the academic excellence to pursue a Master&rsquo;s degree, but face a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[19800,886,5730,4987,4601,5250],"class_list":{"0":"post-78016","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-africa-news-2","7":"tag-19800","8":"tag-cameroon","9":"tag-edition","10":"tag-launched","11":"tag-scholarship","12":"tag-womens","13":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}