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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
HK$50,000 per year
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The Scholarship for Prospective English Teachers is set up by the Education Bureau, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as one of a series of measures to enhance the professionalism of English teachers in Hong Kong. The aim of the Scholarship is to attract persons proficient in English to pursue relevant local bachelor degree programmes and/ or teacher training programmes which will qualify them to become English teachers on graduation.
Benefits
BEd degree: HK$50,000 per year
BA & BEd double degree: HK$50,000 per year
BA degree followed by full-time / part-time PGDE: HK$50,000 per year (for BA degree programme); and HK$50,000 (for the whole PGDE programme)
Eligibility
- Both local and non-local students may apply for the Scholarship for Prospective
- English Teachers. Non-local students should refer to the “Information Sheet for
- Secondary School Graduates and Undergraduates / Graduates of Universities of Non-local Student Status” posted on the EDB website.
Broadly speaking, applicants should pursue one of the following programmes in a local university:
- a full-time Bachelor of Education (BEd) degree programme majoring in English; or
- a full-time Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education (BA & BEd) double degree programme majoring in English; or
- a full-time Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree programme majoring in English or a relevant subject (such as Linguistics, with English as the main language of study) followed immediately by a full-time / part-time Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) programme also majoring in English
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Teaching
Locations
Hong Kong (SAR)
Nationality
226 nationalities
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
Not specified
Applicants will be shortlisted for an interview on the basis of public examination results attained. The interviews are scheduled for September. Attendance is mandatory.