Fifty-five Students Leave For Russia

Monday, October 18, 2010

For the first time 55 young Batswana will leave the country next week to go study in Russia. The Russian government has offered the students sponsorship to study different courses in different universities.

The acting ambassador of the Russian Federation in Botswana, Anatoly Ptitsa, said at the orientation meeting in Gaborone last week that the Russian government grants African countries more than 800 state scholarships annually.

He said that this year Russia granted 14 scholarships to SADC countries and that five people from Botswana were granted government scholarships.

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