REGIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS PROGRAM

THE RECIPIENT INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR SPECIALTY FIELDS OF TRAINING ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1.REGIONAL CENTER FOR GRADUATE STUDY & RESEARCH IN AGRICULTURE (UNDER SE ASIAN MINISTERS OF EDUC ORG-SEAMEO) -MA DEGREE COURSES IN NATURAL RESOURCES, PLANT & ANIMAL SCIENCES, FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, CROP & ANIMAL PROTECTION, AND SOCIO-ECONOMICS & COMMUNICATION; SHORT-TERM COURSES IN SWINE & POULTRY PRODUCTION, RICE PROD & POST-HARVEST RICE TECHNOLOGY, AND AGRIBUSINESS MGMT FOR FARMER ASSOCIATIONS. 2.SEAMEO"S REGIONAL CENTER FOR EDUC IN SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS-SHORT-TERM TRNG PROGRAMS FOR PRIMARY & SECONDARY SCIENCE & MATH TEACHERS ON DEVELOPING SYLLABI, CURRICULUM MATLS & TEACHING AIDS. 3.SEVERAL CENTERS OF SEAMEO"S PROJECT FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE & PUBLIC HEALTH-DIPLOMA COURSES IN NUTRITION, PARASITOLOGY & ENTOMOLOGY, TROPICAL MEDICINE & HYGIENE, MICROBIOLOGY, AND PUBLIC/INDUSTRIAL HEALTH. 4.SEAMEO"S REGIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE CENTER-SHORT-TERM COURSES FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS IN CURRIC DEVEL, TEACHING METHODS, INSTRUCTIONAL MATLS DEVEL & EVAL TECHNIQUES. 5.REGINAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL BIOLOGY-SHORT-TERM COURSES IN TROPICAL FORESTRY, PEST BIOLOGY & AQUATIC BIOLOGY. 6.REGIONAL CENTER FOR EDUC INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY-SHORT-TERM COURSES IN EDUC TECH. 7.ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY-MASTERS DEGREE IN ENGINEERING OR SCIENCE. 8.ASIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT-MASTERS DEGREES IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT & MANAGEMENT; SHORT-TERM MGMT DEVEL PROGRAM. GRANT INTENDED NOT ONLY TO INCREASE MANPOWER RESOURCES BUT ALSO TO STIMULATE ENROLLMENT AT RECIPIENT INSTITUTIONS. GRANT STIPULATES,WHENEVER POSSIBLE,SCHLRSHP RECIPIENTS SHOULD BE FROM SE ASIAN COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THAT OF DONOR INST; SPECIAL CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN STUDENTS FROM REGIONAL (NON-TRAINING)INSTS CURRENTLY SUPPORTED BY USG; INSTITUTIONS SHOULD ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION FROM LAOS,THAILAND,VIETNAM & INDONESIA AND PROVIDE ENG-LANG TRNG TO PRTCPNTS