THE Ministry of the Public Service is offering a limited number of scholarships for eligible persons to study for a Master Degree in Thailand, in a number of science fields, under the Thailand International Postgraduate Programme for the 2021/2022 academic year.
The initiative is being done in collaboration with the Royal Thai Government, and includes programmes under the field Environmental Technology and Management; Food Science and Technology; Food Innovation, Safety and Quality Management; Agricultural Science; Agri Science and Technology.
“Thailand would have sent the number of fields and we chose some. There are some that we would have liked to choose, but didn’t, because those required a different type of qualification that we would have not be able to have applicants for,” Minister of the Public Service, Sonia Parag, explained in an interview with the Guyana Chronicle.
She highlighted that: “These particular fields we would have checked it out in the different sectors, and noted that they are very relevant fields, and based on an unofficial needs assessment we conducted, we were able to choose these particular fields.”
In order to be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must be 40 years and under, should have obtained their Bachelor’s Degree within the past five years, and have attained a Grade Point Average of 3.0.
“It’s a great opportunity to apply, but even outside of these scholarships there is the beginning of the 20,000 on-line scholarships that is soon to commence and we will be looking not only at the public sector, but nationally. So, persons can still take the opportunity to upgrade themselves through that as well,” Parag commented.
Some $1 billion has been allocated in the 2021 national budget for more than 4,500 on-line scholarships.