UWC makes education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future.
¿Scholarships for Belizeans?
The UWC movement offers Belize two (2) scholarships to attend the colleges of Costa Rica and India for talented, promising young Belizeans.
The scholarships are offered to outstanding young students to finish their junior college studies in an extraordinary international setting.
¿What is United World Colleges?
United World Colleges (UWC) is a unique educational international movement that unites students from all over the world – selected by personal merit, without distinction of race, religion, politics or economical situation – with the objective of promoting peace and international understanding.
Nowadays, there are thirteen UWC Colleges, each with its own personality, but all with the same shared mission and core values.
Regional and ethnical hostilities and the accelerated environmental degradation our planet is enduring show that these values are maybe now even more relevant than in 1962 when the colleges were founded.
¿What does it mean to be part of the UWC movement?
Imagine being only 16 and be surrounded by people from different countries, races, and cultures. Imagine cooking Indian curries, learning Chinese calligraphy or photography, discussing world affairs with someone from the other side of the world, maybe even from a country until now you didn’t even know existed.
The UWC daily experience emphasizes the interactions among students from which great friendships and alliances arise and last much more than the two years at Colleges.
¿What is the academic program?
The UWCs follow the International Baccalaureate, a certification with worldwide recognition as a top academic credential (recognized by the Belizean Ministry of Education). Students take a total of six subjects (Languages, Mathematics, Sciences, Humanities and Arts).
Additionally every student is required to take a course on Theory of Knowledge, write a 4,000 word essay on a selected topic (as a short thesis), and participate in the CAS program (Creativity, Action and Service) that highlights the importance of life beyond the academic program, including a strong a emphasis on social service.
¿What are the requirements?
- Be Belizean
- Be between 15 and 18 years of age.
- Have finished the year corresponding to the CXC exam.
- Be an independent person, responsible and COMMITTED TO ACADEMICS as well as with the ideals of justice, peace and cooperation.
- Have carried out social service, volunteering or other extra-curricular activities (ex.: sports, music, arts, or others).
- Request the application form via email from: uwcbelize@gmail.com and return the completed form before February 23 at the same address.
- If selected and after graduating from the UWCs, be prepared to work with the
National Committee for at least two years in overall selection and other activities relevant to the UWCs.
If the candidate is selected for the following selection phases, he/she will be contacted formally by the National Committee.
More questions --- ¿Who to ask?
The UWC National Committee in Belize has the following email address: uwcbelize@gmail.com
If you would like to know more of the UWCs, the selection process, or the International Baccalaureate you may visit the following web pages:
- United World Colleges: http://www.uwc.org/
- International Baccalaureate: http://www.ibo.org/
Thank you Cooper for spreading the word! Application for 2010 scholarships will close on Feb 23, please those interested email us ASAP!
ReplyDeleteuwcbelize@gmail.com
Thank you very much Ms Cooper for your excellent article on UWC. It comes over very well indeed and cannot be faulted. Hopefully it will encourage other Belizeans to apply before next Tuesday. I am intrigued as to how you got to know about UWC.
ReplyDeletePeter Stoyle, UWC regional representative for Latin America and the Caribbean
E-Mail: sstoyle@fibertel.com.ar
Dear Ms Cooper, sadly Feb 23 came and went and we had only one application submitted. However we are not giving up and I am planning a visit to Belize to encourage applications. I am planning this trip for March 17-19. Would it be possible for me to visit your school or other schools you could put me in contact with? Is this a good date? I understand from Peter Stoyle you are a teacher, if not can you help us with relevant contacts both in schools and press? We definitely want to ensure a two Belizeans get to go to the UWCs this year.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
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