Livingstone Study Legacy Extended

                                                                                                                                      Monday February 3, 2014

A SCHOLARSHIP fund set up in memory of the Scots-born missionary explorer David Livingstone, has been extended as part of a new education partnership between Scotland and Malawi.

A total of 30 students from Malawi will have a chance to study at masters level, as Scotland and Malawi signed a new five-year co-operation deal on education.

The move follows on from the work of the David Livingstone Bicentary Scholarship Programme, launched in October 2012, which allowed 37 Malawian students to embark on post-graduate studies to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of the Blantyre-born missionary explorer in 2013.

Announcing the deal, which also includes support for two scholarships for Zambian students, Scotland's International Development and External Affairs Minister Humza Yousaf said: “Education has a transformative effect on the lives of young people, and this agreement between our governments acknowledges this, and underlines the close links which exist between Malawi and Scotland.
 
“As part of this, I can also announce that following the success of the David Livingstone Bicentenary Scholarship Programme a further 30 scholarships for Malawians to study at Master’s level will be made available via a new Scotland-Malawi Scholarship programme.
 
“It’s clear from my time in Malawi that, 150 years on from the work of David Livingstone and the Church of Scotland, there is still huge respect for the work of Scots in the country.
 
“That’s why it’s hugely appropriate that we are strengthening this legacy with these Livingstone scholarships. Just as education transformed the life of David Livingstone, it can do the same for every child.
 
“The Livingstone scholarships contributed to the education of 37 Malawian post-graduate students and I look forward to more students enjoying the life-changing benefits of further education.”

The agreement was signed by Mr Yousaf MSP, Dr Bill Maxwell, chief executive of Education Scotland, Dr Kanyumba, Honourable Minister of Education, Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of Malawi and Mr Raphael Agabu, Director of DIAS.

To be eligible for the scholarship places,  students must be considered “gifted and underprivileged” by their university.

The agreement will run between April 2014 and April 2019.

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Lloyd Nyirenda - Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016

“when will the scholarship be open for application?”

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