The Health Scholarship Board is authorized to select annually from among all applicants ten persons for training as practical nurses in the practical nurses training program under the Career and Technical Education System of the Virgin Islands, provided that applicants shall present proof to the Department of Health that they have been accepted by the Department of Education for such training. Each person selected shall receive leave with full pay, if an employee of the Government of the Virgin Islands, or a subsistence allowance of $1,800, if not such an employee, for the period required to obtain the necessary training and each shall be required to execute a contract with the Government agreeing to accept and remain in a position with said Government as a practical nurse for a period of not less than two years.