HIGHER STUDY

OPPORTUNITIES FOR
THE CIVIL SERVANTS
Hossain Mohammed Hye Joki
&
Arafat Mohammad Noman
 Outline

• Introduction
• Available scholarships
• Australia Awards
• Strengthening
• Q & A session

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 Why should you study abroad?

• You are the future policy makers

• Quality education
• Life experience
• Expanding your way of thinking

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 Available scholarships

• Australia Awards
• Chevening, UK
• Fulbright Program, USA
• JDS, Japan
• Prime Minister’s Fellowship, PMO
• Strengthening, MOPA

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 AUSTRALIA AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS
ARE LONG-TERM AWARDS
ADMINISTERED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
AND TRADE (DFAT).

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 The opportunities provided by Australia
Awards develop the skills, knowledge and
networks of individuals to drive change and
contribute to development in their own
countries and regions while maintaining
strong links to Australia.
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 Australia Awards - Bangladesh

•Started in the 1950s – Colombo Plan

•More than 3,000 Bangladeshis Australia Awards
alumni in Bangladesh
•Several alumni are in leadership positions in
Bangladesh – government, the private sector, the
academia, and the NGO sector.

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 • Australia is the third most popular
international student destination in the
Why world – an opportunity to live with and
learn about other cultures.
Australia • Six of the world’s top 100 universities
are in Australia
Awards? • Seven of the best student cities in the
world are in Australia.

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 Why Australia Awards?

•Comprehensive suite of activities, including a

predeparture briefing, before you leave for Australia

•Benefits and entitlements (next slide for details)

•Scholar engagement activities, in addition to your

academic program
•Alumni engagement activities

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 Australia Awards Scholarships – Benefi ts

• Full tuition fees

• Air travel (return) – additional reunion travel for
non-accompanied scholars (for 2- year courses only)
• One-time establishment allowance (AUD5000AUD)
• Contribution to living expenses (AUD2700/month,
estimated)
• Health Insurance
• Reasonable
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for civil servants scholars with disability
 •Academic competence – previous academic
achievements; relevance of proposed study
•Leadership and professional history – examples of
leadership accomplishments; workplace awards &

achievements; recommendation letters

•Perceived outcomes – plans to use Australia Awards
experience in tackling development issues in
Bangladesh

Submitting a Strong Application

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 Target Group

Group 1: Cadre Officials from the Government of Bangladesh, officials

of the Bangladesh Bank, and Judicial Services officials

Group 2: Workers from development organizations, specifically

nongovernment organizations, civil society organizations, community-
based organizations

Group 3: Entrepreneurs or employees of private sector organizations

Group 4: Individuals from academia, research institutions, media and

cultural organizations

Target Groups Women, people with disabilities and from ethnic groups
are encouraged to apply
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Have at least four years’ full-
time relevant work experience
and belong to one of the target
groups
Notable Eligibility Criteria
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➢ IELTS: minimum 6.5; no
band less than 6)
➢ TOEFL: Internet based 84; no
band less than 21
➢ PTE: minimum 58; no score
less than 50)
 Required documents

Passport
Copy of original certificate
Academic transcript
Curriculum Vitae/ resume
Development Impact Plan (In prescribed format)
IELTS, TOEFL or PTE results
Certificate of special achievement or merit (work, voluntary, community)
Professional referee report-with seal (current workplace)
Academic referee reports
Proof cadre service
Proof of work experience

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 How to apply

•OASIS(Online Australia Awards Scholarships Information System) is

the ONLY platform to apply and submit document.
•portal used by you for the submission of your application,
including an extensive range of supporting documentation in
pdf format (News - OASIS (dfat.gov.au))
•For more details:
Home - Bangladesh - Australia Awards - South Asia (australia
awardsbangladesh.org)

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 HOW DID YOU HOW WILL THE HOW HAVE YOU PRACTICAL
CHOOSE YOUR PROPOSED STUDY CONTRIBUTED TO EXAMPLES AND
PROPOSED CONTRIBUTE TO SOLVING A POSSIBLE
COURSE AND YOUR CAREER? CHALLENGE AND CONSTRAINTS
INSTITUTION? TO IMPLEMENTING
CHANGE OR
REFORM?

Supporting Statement: Most Important!

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collecting take an research, Australia application
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you need.

Road to success

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 Where you can study

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 What do you need?

Chevening enables outstanding emerging leaders from all

over the world to pursue one-year master ’s degrees in the
UK

Ambition, leadership qualities, and a strong academic

background.

Job Experience: Two-years of full-time job

experience /2800 hours

IELTS: 6.5 in all bands and no less than 6 in each band

(But better if you can score above 7.0 in all band)

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 What do you need?

Unconditional Off er from three (03) UK

Universities
Strong writing abilities to write essay questions
provided by the Chevening Portal
The chosen universities must be in top of
QS/Times Higher Education ranking list (better if
within top 50 in UK)

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 Question Samples for Chevening

Chevening is looking for individuals with strong

professional relationship building skills, who will
engage with the Chevening community and
infl uence and lead others in their chosen profession.
Please explain how you build and maintain
relationships in a professional capacity, using clear
examples of how you currently do this, and outline
how you hope to use these skills in the future.
(minimum word count: 100 words; maximum word
count: 500 words)

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 Question Samples for Chevening

 Outline why you have selected your chosen three university courses
and explain how this relates to your previous academic or
professional experience and your plans for the future. Please do not
duplicate the information you have entered on the work experience
and education section of this form (minimum word count: 100
words, maximum word count: 500 words)

 Chevening is looking for individuals who have a clear post-study

career plan. Please outline your immediate plans upon returning
home and your longer-term career goals. You may wish to consider
how these relate to what the UK government is doing in your
country. (minimum word count: 100 words, maximum word count:
500 words)

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 What do you need? (PM Fellowship)

 Job Confi rmation

 For Masters: Unconditional Letter from Times

Higher Education Ranked Top 200 universities

 Age: 40 years

 IELTS: 6.5

 SOP (Statement of Purpose) related to SDG

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 “Strengthening Government through Capacity
Development of the BCS Cadre Officials
Project” by MOPA

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 What do you need? (Strengthening)

 Job Confi rmation

 For Masters: Unconditional Letter from Times

Higher Education Ranked Top 300 universities

 Age: 40 years

 IELTS: 6.5 (Maximum 1 Individual band score with

5.5 is okay)

 SOP (Statement of Purpose) related to SDG

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 https://jds-scholarship.org/country/bangladesh/apply
.html

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 What do you need? (JDS)

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 Queries??

THANKS…
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