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The Australian government has been providing
scholarships for study in Australia since the 1950s. In that period over
10,000 Indonesians have studied on scholarships in Australia. The current
ADS program offers 300 scholarships per year at the post-graduate level
to Indonesians in both the public and private sector.
The Australian Development Scholarship program in Indonesia aims to promote
private and public sector human resource development in areas of agreed
development priority. This will be achieved by providing post-graduate
scholarships for Indonesians to study in Australia and by working in close
cooperation with the Indonesian Government to deliver a program which
is flexible to Indonesia's changing training needs.
Nunik Kristiani is Promotions Officer
for ADS in Jakarta. Nunik has worked for ADS since 1999 and is the
person responsible for the promotion of the ADS program all over Indonesia.
Nunik often presents ADS information in English, for example when
she was invited by Sekretaris Wakil President, but presentations are
usually in Bahasa Indonesia. Nunik studied at SMP 1 Kedungwaru and
her senior high school was SMA Negeri Kauman also in Tulungagung.
She attended Universitas Brawijaya. KGRE asked Nunik to explain about
the very basic requirements for ADS for 2004.
'The Academic requirements
are a GPA of at least 2.9. TOEFL scores must be at least 500 or if
IELTS then the score must be 5.0. All applicants must be 42 or under
42 years of age. Everybody is invited to apply for ADS but they have
to be Indonesian citizens'. |
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In 2003 applications for ADS were received from 4,624
people. Just over 600 applicants were chosen to proceed onto the interview
stage. The academic interviews and English language test (IELTS) were
held during January 2004. ADS scholarships were awarded to the successful
candidates in February 2004. Their first step is to follow Pre-Departure
Language Training with IALF in Bali or Jakarta. These language courses
can be 6 weeks to 9 months in duration and some begin as early as May.
Then the awardees go to Australia for two years to study in an Australian
university. Good luck to all of them.
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If you want to know more about ADS then listen to KGRE during June
- August 2004. You will hear interviews with students currently
doing their Pre-Departure Language Training at IALF plus ADS alumni
- people who have already gone to Australia with ADS and returned
back here to Indonesia.
For full information go to the ADS website - CLICK
HERE
The information is in English and in Bahasa Indonesia.
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You could be an ADS
student next year!
Number and Length of ADS Scholarships
for 2004 - 2005
The number of ADS awards each year will depend on Australian budget
appropriations and is expected to be 300 in 2004/2005.
The scholarships will be allocated as follows
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2/3 (i.e. 200) will be public category awards and 1/3 (i.e. 100) open
category awards;
an equal number of awards will be offered to men and women.
Up to 33% of scholarships will be awarded to nominated candidates from
agencies involved with AusAID projects or AusAID related activities, including
state universities and other key education institutions in AusAID target
areas, plus linked NGOs and CSOs;
at least 30 percent (100) of awards will be offered to applicants from
the Eastern provinces in line with AusAID’s Country Program Strategy
– East Java, South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, East Nusa Tenggara,
West Nusa Tenggara, Papua, Maluku, North Maluku;
90 percent (270) of awards at Masters level and 10 percent (30) at PhD
level;
35 percent of awards (35) in the open category will be allocated to applicants
from private universities; and
6 scholarships will be awarded in the field of Health to applicants normally
resident in Bali.
The length of the ADS scholarship is for the minimum period needed to
complete the award. This is determined by the university.
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