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Scholarships are awards for students to further their education. Scholarships are awarded based on a range of criteria which usually reflect the values and purposes of the donor or founder of the award. Hear from people that have received scholarships to further their education and career.

Scholarships available in the Asia Pacific region.

Cisco Learning Institute and Panduit have announced 40 scholarship awards for the Panduit Excellence Scholarship Program. Awards were based on demonstrated commitment to networking education leading to the CCNA certification. More than 500 applications were submitted and reviewed. Each application provided information about education, experience, community service, and an essay on career goals in the networking industry. Each award winner will receive USD $1,000 towards tuition in CCNA courses.

Cisco Learning Institute, together with China NetAcad, is pleased to announce the recipients of the Cisco Scholarship Program (China) for the following Cisco Networking Academy Courses: CCNA Discovery: Networking for Home and Small Businesses; CCNA Discovery: Working at a Small-to-Medium Business or ISP; CCNA Exploration: Network Fundamentals; and CCNA Exploration: Routing Protocols and Concepts. 170 students from 13 Academies in the developing regions of the China provinces were selected to receive scholarships that will be used to partially fund their training at their respective Academy.

The scholarships were to be distributed evenly among the academies. However, in response to the massive earthquake that struck in May, Cisco Learning Institute awarded 18% of the scholarships to students from the devastated Province of Sichuan.

The scholarships were awarded based on the applicants' financial needs as well as their narrative describing why they want to achieve CCNA certification. The finalists were selected by the China Academy Council. Congratulations to all the winners! 

ICT Enterpreneurship Development Programme.  

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Cisco, SIDBI and TREC-STEP have signed a partnership agreement to promote ICT entrepreneurship and innovation in India. The programme will provide financing, loan subsidies, mentoring and training support to ICT entrepreneurs who are starting or have small businesses. ICT entrepreneurs selected under this programme will receive:  

• Business loans of up to Rs. 5 lakhs with loan terms of up to five years
• Interest rates comparable to SIDBI's prime lending rates
• Interest subsidies of 50% for the first two years of the loan (i.e., Cisco will co-pay 50% of interest on the loan alongside
        the borrower, who will pay the remaining 50%)
• Subsidised loan guarantee fees (i.e., 50% of first installment of loan guarantee fee will be paid by Cisco, with
        remaining 50% paid by borrower)
• Free mentoring and training by TREC-STEP for two years

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