Fifteen Kenyan technical training students have won scholarships amounting to 1.5 million shillings (15,000 U.S. dollars) in honor of Chinese tutor Jin Yetao on September 5.(Xinhua/Zhang Yu)
Fifteen Kenyan technical training students have won scholarships in honor of Chinese tutor Jin Yetao.
NAIROBI, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Fifteen Kenyan technical training students have won scholarships amounting to 1.5 million shillings (15,000 U.S. dollars) in honor of Chinese tutor Jin Yetao.
Betty Maina, principal secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives said the Jin Yetao Scholarship will help promote Sino-Kenyan ties on vocational training.
"It is our hope that the Jin Yetao Scholarship will promote the vigorous development of Kenya's vocational education and promote the Sino-Kenyan friendship on Kenyan soil," Maina said on Thursday evening during the Africa Tech Challenge (ATC) Season Six awarding ceremony organized by AVIC International.
The Jin Yetao Scholarship was established in commemoration of Jin Yetao and his dedication to the development of African vocational education as well as his outstanding contributing to Kenya's vocational education.
Jin who was an employee of AVIC International, was among those who died when Ethiopian Airline Boeing 737 MAX crashed early this year.
The Jin Yetao Scholarship is a joint investment of the Kenya China Economic and Trade Association and AVIC International.
The 15 beneficiaries are students at the Kenya Technical Training College, Kiambu Institute of Science and Technology and the Kabete National Polytechnic.
