14:17, 11 мая 2022, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Tatyana KUDRYAVTSEVA
Sadyr Japarov signed a decree on establishment of an international scholarship of the President of Kyrgyzstan El Umutu. Press service of the head of state reported.
The president noted that the state has chosen the path of development aimed at creating a powerful developed economy in the conditions of established market relations. One of the main factors of increasing competitiveness of any country is training of highly qualified personnel. Sadyr Japarov is confident that establishment of the Presidential Scholarship will become a mechanism which will allow the talented young people to have access to advanced knowledge at leading universities of the world in the areas of education and science, which are in demand in the priority sectors of the Kyrgyz economy.
Establishment of El Umutu Presidential Scholarship will allow citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic to study at foreign universities, which are in the top 100 of global rankings of higher education institutions.
Scholarships will be allocated for master’s and doctoral PhD programs in technical, engineering, economic and socio-humanitarian areas of training.
To support and motivate talented young people to get education abroad, to provide conditions for training of a new generation of specialists in priority directions of socio-economic development, the head of state instructed to approve the regulations on the procedure for awarding international scholarships and set up a national commission to award them. The Cabinet of Ministers must within a month develop and approve the rules for selection of applicants for international scholarships, the rules of the contract for training with scholarship holders and a model contract for scholarships and internships.