Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation
provides $9000 in post-secondary education scholarships
Joan Burke, Minister of Human Resources, Labour and Employment and
responsible
for Housing announced today that Newfoundland and Labrador Housing
Corporation
(NLHC) will continue its commitment to education through its annual
scholarship
program.
Minister Burke commented, “NLHC will award a total of nine
scholarships,
valued at $9000, to high school graduates and adults pursuing
post-secondary
education. The scholarships are awarded in the Avalon/Eastern, Central
and Western/Labrador regions to clients’ children, employees’ children
and adult clients returning to school. Each scholarship is valued at
$1000.”
The minister also added, “It is important to encourage and support
those
dedicated to attaining a post-secondary education.”
NLHC’s children’s scholarships are awarded based on the
results of the
Department of Education’s scholarship score, which is derived from a
student’s
performance on public exams.
Winners of the NLHC adult scholarships are selected based on
an interview
that assesses initiative, need, and community experience.
The deadline for NLHC’s Children’s Scholarship Program was
August 31,
2005, however, applications for the Adult Scholarship Program will be
accepted
until the end of September. Adult scholarship applications must be
postmarked
no later than September 30, 2005.
Scholarship applications are available from NLHC’s regional
offices,
on NLHC’s website at www.nlhc.nf.ca, or by contacting NLHC at
724-3059.
For further information contact:
For further information, contact:
Madonna Walsh, Corporate Communications
Newfoundland and Labrador Housing
Corporation
(NLHC)
Telephone: (709) 724-3059
or
E-mail: releases@nlhc.nf.ca
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