Ministry appeals to universities to help Honduran students

Taiwan’s Ministry of Education is to ask universities to provide additional help and subsidies to students from Honduras, following reports that students from the Central American country were awaiting promised funds from their government, a year after the nations severed diplomatic ties, reports Taipei Times with CNA.

After Tegucigalpa in March last year announced the end of ties with Taipei, the Taiwanese government stopped providing scholarships for Honduran students, as well as other assistance for the country. The Honduran government, which pledged to provide subsidies before 29 February to its students in Taiwan, has failed to transfer the funds, local news reports said.

The Ministry of Education on Saturday 16 March said it would ask universities to provide additional assistance, including counselling, to the Honduran students, who can apply for scholarships, emergency relief funds, fee exemptions or to be placed on instalment payment plans, based on school regulations. A total of 285 students from Honduras are studying in Taiwan this academic year. Taiwan Scholarship and Huayu Enrichment Scholarship data showed that 104 Hondurans received the Taiwan Scholarship.
Full report on the Taipei Times site