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OECS
Students Take Up French Scholarships |
January 17,
2008: On Friday January 11, 2008 the OECS Secretariat in
Castries hosted a briefing session for seven students from
Saint Lucia and Dominica, six of whom who left on Sunday
January 13 to study in the French West Indies with a full
scholarship, as part of the FORPROCARIB programme.
This training programme comprises two main segments: five
and a half months of French language training at the
University of the French West Indies and Guiana in
Martinique; followed by two years of professional training
in Technical Education in Guadeloupe in various fields.
The FORPROCARIB project was originally launched in 2004 to
promote a common space for professional training in the
Eastern Caribbean, more specifically between the OECS member
states and the French Départements of Guadeloupe and
Martinique. With funding provided by the Government of
France, this project is a breakthrough in several aspects,
opening the way to fruitful partnerships in the field of
education in the future. This specific training programme is
aimed at allowing students from various OECS Member States
to pursue professional and technical education in Guadeloupe
in the field of Construction, Air Conditioning and
Refrigeration and Hospitality. With the successful
completion of the training students will be awarded a BTS
Professional Technician Certification - the highest degree
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The seven students
will be sharing the French language course with thirteen
other students from Saint Lucia, Dominica, Grenada and Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines, who are preparing to enter the
University of the French West Indies and Guiana in September
2008 for bachelor’s or master’s degrees. The university
offers this intensive language course free of charge to
allow citizens of OECS member states to close the language
gap and be able to register for classes, in an effort to
show its dedication to support human resources development
in the region and strengthen the ties between the French
West Indies and the OECS.
As 2008 starts, the OECS Secretariat would like to wish all
the best to the participating students, and hopes that many
more will follow their example in the future.
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