Gwangju Bukgu District to Select 185 Scholarship Recipients... Awards Over 300 Million Won in Scholarships

Gwangju Bukgu District will select 185 scholarship recipients this year and award a total of approximately 300 million won in scholarships.

Gwangju Buk-gu Government Office.

On October 1, Bukgu District announced that it will recruit scholarship applicants through the Gwangju Bukgu Scholarship Foundation. The foundation, established in 2008, has continued its program every year, supporting more than 2,700 individuals to date.

This year, the district will select 122 university students, 24 junior college students, 31 high school students, and 8 out-of-school youths. Eligible applicants are residents and their children who have been registered in Bukgu District for at least one year as of the announcement date. The recruitment categories are academic excellence, low-income, special talent, and companionship.

Applications can be submitted with the required documents to the local administrative welfare center or the scholarship foundation by October 17. After an internal review and board approval, the final recipients will be confirmed, and scholarships will be awarded in December: 2 million won for university students, 1.5 million won for junior college students, and 700,000 won for both high school students and out-of-school youths.

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