British Council IELTS Prize valued at 3,100,000 THB opens for applications

           The British Council East Asia IELTS Prize is now inviting applications from students who plan to begin undergraduate or postgraduate studies locally or overseas in a tertiary institution that accepts IELTS as part of its admission requirements in the 2019/20 academic year. Three Local Prizes amounting to 650,000 THB will be awarded to students from Thailand, and Regional Prizes for regional winners in the East Asia totalling 2,510,000 THB. Applicants must hold a minimum band score of 6 in each of the four test sections of an IELTS test taken with the British Council in the East Asia region from 1 April 2018 onwards. Those interested can submit the application from today - 30 April 2019. For details and the application, please visit www.ieltasia.org/th/ielts-prize.

          Details of the prizes
          Local Prizes
          Grand Prize: 260,400 THB Second Prize: 217,000 THB Third Prize: 173,600 THB
          Regional Prizes
          Grand Prize: First year of tuition fee up to 1,736,000 THB (Actual amount depends on the university's first year fee of the winner.)
          Second Prize: 434,000 THB Third Prize: 347,200 THB

          About British Council
          The British Council is the UK's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities, creating friendly knowledge and understanding between the people of the UK and other countries. Using the UK's cultural resources, the British Council makes a positive contribution to the countries we work with — changing lives by creating opportunities, building connections and engendering trust. Founded in 1934 we are a UK charity governed by Royal Charter and a UK public body. We receive 15 per cent core funding grant from the UK government. The British Council provides IELTS testing in more than 800 locations in over 100 countries.

          About The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) 
          IELTS is the International English Language Testing System, the world's most popular English language proficiency test for higher education and global migration with over 3 million tests taken in the last year. 
          Over 10,000 organisations trust and accept IELTS as a secure, valid and reliable indicator of true to life ability to communicate in English for education, immigration and professional accreditation. IELTS is jointly owned by British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia and Cambridge Assessment English.