ASHINAGA is a Japan-based non-profit organization which provides educational and psychological support to orphaned children worldwide. This organization is offering one scholarship to Mauritian candidates for undergraduate studies for Academic Year starting in 2022.
Eligibility Criteria
(i) SC/GCE ‘O’ Level with credit in at least five subjects including English
Language at one and the same sitting;
(ii) HSC with passes in three subjects at Principal Level and in General Paper obtained at one and the same sitting, with the HSC Examination having been sat in 2018 or 2019; and
(iii) The offer is open to those who have lost one or both parents.
- Age
Candidates should not be more than 23 years of age.
(born after 1st September 1998) - Conditions of Scholarships
4.1 The Ashinaga Africa Initiative provides access to full financial support to study abroad which includes the costs of tuition, accommodation, travel costs and other necessary fees.
4.2 The Scholarship Scheme does not support candidates for Medical (Doctor) Degrees, (Dentistry, Pharmacy or Veterinary Sciences) although it does support three or four-year degrees related to medicine, such as
biomedicine.
4.3 Candidates should not have the means to attend University overseas
without external financial support until graduation.
4.4 Successful candidates will only apply to Universities through consultation with Ashinaga.
4.5 The Ashinaga Africa Initiative will not select candidates applying for a second Degree or Master’s Degree.
Successful applicants must participate in two Ashinaga preparatory
programs. (The first study camp will be held from July to December
- The second preparatory camp will be held between April and June
2022.) Students will then proceed to University in August or September
2022.
4.7 Scholars are required to return to their home country or the region of Sub – Saharan Africa within four years after graduation and contribute to the country / region while living there for at least one year. They will have to contact Ashinaga during this period to provide information about their activity and residency.
4.8 Beneficiaries of scholarships will also be required to sign an undertaking at the Ministry of Education, Tertiary Education, Science and Technology (Scholarships Section), thereby committing themselves to return to Mauritius immediately after completion of their studies and work for at least two years in the public or private sector.
4.9 Selected candidates will have to sit for an examination organized by
Ashinaga in April 2021 and only the best-qualified candidates will be called for an interview. Candidates who have not been informed of their
shortlisting within four weeks as from the closing date for application,
should consider that they have not been shortlisted. - Mode of Application
5.1 Applications must be made on the prescribed form available at the
Scholarships Section, Ministry of Education, Tertiary Education, Science
and Technology, 1
st Floor, MITD House, Phoenix, or may be downloaded
from the Ministry’s website:
http://ministry-education.govmu.org
5.2 The completed forms along with certified copies of the documents listed below should be submitted to the Scholarships Section of the Ministry by Friday 19 March 2021 at 14.00 hours at latest.
List of documents to be submitted:
(i) Copy of national ID card or passport;
(ii) Copy of all term reports / high school transcripts from the last 2
years;
(iii) Copy of the final Secondary School Examination Certificate;