Education Minister of British Columbia in west Canada, Peter Fassbender, said on Friday that the province will offer 120 students from China, Japan and South Korea scholarships of 1,250 CAD (1,000 U.S. Dollars) each a year to study in B.C..
This is a provincial government plan to fund scholarships for Asian public school and post-secondary students to study in B.C, said Fassbender at a news conference.
The first wave of awards will be issued next spring for students to start their B.C. studies in the autumn of 2016.
However, as fees to study in B.C. is increasing steadily, international students must still pay the rest of the high fees to study in Canada.
Fassbender said he made a trip to Beijing and Tokyo two weeks ago and signed the agreement on exchange of students and teachers, which will help improve language education here in British Columbia for more interaction with Asia.
He said that increased educational exchanges will help international students contribute as productive members of Canadian society.
"When we look at the growth in local communities in B.C., many parents say they want their children to maintain their cultural heritage," Fassbender said.
"We can help these students reinforce the cultural heritage of those communities at the same time as they receive the best education they can get," he added.
