Technest Scholarship Programme

Technest Scholarship Programme

The Technest Scholarship Programme was established under the Innovation and Digital Development Agency  at the initiative of the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport in October 2021.

The goal is to contribute to the process of building the country’s ICT talent pool and to meet the needs for personnel in the labour market. In the academic year 2021-2022, the first year of the programme activity, over 600 young people were awarded scholarship for training and  encouraged them to acquire the profession of the future. In its second year of activty, the aim is to increase the number of scholarship holders to 3,000.

The Technest Scholarship Programme organizes competitive admission of students to ICT courses in the most in-demand professions through cooperation with the country’s leading educational centers in the field of ICT in order to train specialists.

The competition is held in several stages: an online application, one or more examinations in accordance with the syllabus and finally the interview stage.  The scholarship can only be used by candidates who have successfully completed all stages. Based on the results of admission, 70%, 90% and 100% scholarships are awarded. The minimum age limit for applying for a scholarship varies depending on the training programme.