We have wonderful news about our students’ achievements during their 2019 academic year. We sponsored 89 students last year! We had four students graduate from college with their degrees in English, Nursing, Air Transit Control, and Agricultural Engineering!! We are excited to see where these young graduates end up. 12 students finished their university coursework in December and are now working to receive their Titles. To graduate and get their Title they must take a required course, called monografí. It is the final requirement, akin to a thesis-guidance course on an undergrad level. It’s more expensive than high school and college tuition, ranging from $700–$1,500, so our support is certainly needed during this final year.
All 10 scholarship students who graduated from high school are going on to university, an impressive achievement in and of itself. The 36 students who were in university are continuing this year, and the 15 students enrolled in high school are also continuing. Only six students have left their studies—two failed, three had to leave to find work, and one emigrated to the US.
This year, because of the generosity of our terrific sponsors, we are able to give 42 new scholarships. 27 of our new students will be enrolled in high schools and 15 will be at universities in the area. In 2020 we are helping a total of 115 students attend school, 42 in high schools and 73 in universities. Who would ever have imagined this when the Nicaragua Scholarship Program began in 2001 with 20 students! Thank you to all our generous donors and sponsors!
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