Even after hosting the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) this August, Singapore will continue to further the ties of friendship and sporting excellence with the Singapore Youth Olympic Scholarships for outstanding young athletes.
The scholarships will be awarded to five youths aged 13 to 15 once every four years during the summer YOG. The students will be selected from any of the 205 competing nations worldwide, including Singapore.
Recipients will get fully-subsidised academic and sports education at the Singapore Sports School for four to six years. The scholarship covers any one of the following seven Olympic summer sports: aquatics, athletics, badminton, football, golf, sailing and table tennis.
Applications close on 16 April and will be awarded in August 2010, with the term starting in 2011. According to Ng Ser Miang, chairman of the Singapore Youth Olympics Games Organising Committee and vice-president of the International Olympic Committee, the scholarships will be a legacy of the games in Singapore. “The scholarships will continue to link Singapore to the Olympic movement and the youth of the world by bringing them here to learn, train and to take part in sports.”
For more information on the scholarships, visit www.sportsschool.edu.sg
