Scholarships for East Timor’s Students
Scholarships for East Timor’s Students

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Scholarships for East Timor’s Students

East Timor is also known as Timor-Leste. Officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste is a sovereign state in Maritime Southeast Asia. The country’s area is around about 15,410 km2.  Dili is the largest city and the capital of the East Timor or Timor-Leste. Estimated population in 2014 is 1,201,542. United States dollar (USD) used as a currency in the country. East Timor has the membership of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It has friendly relationship with foreign countries. East Timor has a market economy that used to depend upon exports of a few commodities such as coffee, marble, oil, and sandalwood to other countries. Portuguese and Tetum are the two official languages of the East Timor’s. English and Bahasa Indonesia are sometimes used as working and instructions languages. East Timor is facing many problems about healthcare.  It has one of the highest smoking rates in the world, with 33% of the population, including 61% of men, smoking daily. According to the 2010 survey, 96.9% of the population believers of Catholic Religion, 2.2% Protestantism or Evangelicalism believers, 0.3% are followers of Islam Religion and 0.5% are believers some other religion or no religion. Sports organizations of  East Timor joined the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the International Badminton Federation (IBF), joined the Union Cycliste Internationale, the International Weightlifting Federation, the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), and East Timor’s national football team joined FIFA.

In 2010, East Timor’s literacy rate was 58.3%. Illiteracy was at 95 per cent at the end of Portuguese rule in East Timor. The National University of East Timor is the main university of the country. There are also four colleges.

International Scholarships for East Timor’s Students

International scholarships for the East Timor’s students who want to pursue their education in foreign schools, colleges, institutes and universities who are offering scholarships to East Timor’s Students Such as, University of Glasgow Scholarships,York University Scholarships, United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) Scholarships, Aspire-Canada Scholarships, KGSP and Lab Scholarships WENS, KIT and other famous ones are provided at the link below.