British Columbia’s Ministry of Education is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the B.C.-China Award for Excellence in Chinese. The award promotes the study of Chinese language and culture by B.C. students developing their intercultural awareness and skills.

The B.C.-China Award for Excellence in Chinese is a collaborative scholarship program offering up to fifty (50) $500 Awards for B.C. students studying Chinese. Each award is jointly funded by the B.C. Ministry of Education ($250) and the Chinese Consulate in Vancouver ($250).

Applicants must:

• Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident
• Ordinarily reside in British Columbia
• Be school-age (not older than 19 years of age by June 30, 2019)
• Be enrolled as a full-time Grade 12 student at a public or independent school in British Columbia
• Have completed a Mandarin Chinese language course at the Grade 11 level in British Columbia with a minimum course grade of 86 % – course completion attained through challenge, equivalency or other course credit is not eligible
• Be enrolled in or have completed a Mandarin Chinese language course at the Grade 12 level
• Have attained a grade of 73% and above in all completed Grade 11 courses

BCCIE is a proud partner in the administration of this award and will be receiving and evaluating award applications and distributing awards to successful applicants.

The deadline for the 2019/2020 Awards has now passed.