The Kaduna State Ministry Education, Science and Technology hereby invites applications from Kaduna State citizens wishing to study MBBS Overseas programmes to participate in the 2018/2019 selection interviews for the award of the scholarships.

Eligibility Criteria

• All applicants must be citizens of Kaduna State.
• Preferably candidates from indigent families.
• All applications must be for MBBS degree programme.
• Applicants must possess a minimum qualification of six (6) Distinctions (As and Bs) in the senior secondary school certificates, WAEC or NECO (May/June) in science subjects (Physics, Chemistry and Biology) including English Language, and Mathematics. This is to ensure that those selected would be able to successfully complete their studies with ease and within the stipulated time.
• Certificate should no be more than two (2) years old (2016&2017)
• Age limit for applicants should be 17 to 20 years.

Kaduna State Overseas Scholarship Exam & Interview Schedule.

Exam Date and Venue

• CBT Examination would be conducted at Kaduna State University (KASU) as follows: Date: 25th May, 2019

Written and Oral interview Date & Venue

• Northern Senatorial Zone: Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic Main Campus 27th – 29th May, 2019

• Central Senatorial Zone: Kaduna State University (KASU) Main Campus, Tafawa Balewa Way, Kaduna 27th – 29th May, 2019

• Southern Senatorial Zone: College of Education Gida – Waya, Kafanchan Campus 27th – 29th May, 2019

Method of Application

APPLY HERE

Application forms should be completed online as follows: –

• Fill the form on-line
• Submit and print a copy
• Attach photocopy of the following documents to the printed copy:
• WAEC/NECO certificate
• Birth certificate/declaration of age from High Court of Justice.
• Letter of identification from your Local Government of Residence
• Two passport size photographs with your name written at the back and signed by you

Note:

• Candidates should only make one entry as multiple entries will be disqualified.

• The scholarship shall not be held at the same time with another award nor for part – time studies

• Change of course or institution is not allowed.

• The scholarship is to assist the scholar in the payment of tuition fees and up – keep allowance.

Scholarship Application Deadline: Not Stated.

Source: Scholarships and Aid

There are five (5) different scholarship schemes for applicants wishing to apply as follows:

• Need Base Scholarship (Candidates from indigent families)
• Merit Scholarship (Candidates having CGPA of 3.5 and above)
• School Based Individual Scholarship (Candidates studying Health related courses e.g. MBBS, Pharmacy, Nursing etc.)
• Disability Scholarship (Candidates living with Special Needs)
• Athletic Scholarship (Candidates taking parts in Sports for the State)

All candidates are at liberty to apply for any of the aforementioned scholarship schemes according to suitability of their status.

Note:

• Disability scholarship scheme is mainly for physically chaLlenged applicants while Athletic scholarship scheme is for athletes who must have represented Kaduna State at National Sports Festival and have won medal(s);
• Applicants for merit scholarship must be in their second year and above, and must have obtained a CGPA of 3.5; Applicants for Need Based scholarship scheme must come from indigent (Less privilege) families;
• Applicants for school based individual scholarship must be studying Health related courses in the University or Health oriented institution of higher learning.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants for postgraduate studies should possess a minimum of first degree with second class honours Upper Division.
• Applicants must be registered full time students of any recognized and accredited institution of higher learning.
• All other applicants Undergraduates, Higher National Diploma, National Diploma and Nigeria Certificate in Education must be registered full-time students of any recognized and accredited institution of higher learning in Nigeria.

Kaduna State Scholarship Interview Dates.

Interview Date and Venue (Zone)

• Zaria(Zaria, Igabi, S/Gari, Giwa, Makarfi, Kudan)
  Date: 3rd 14th June, 2019.
  Venue: Zaria Local Government Secretariat
• Headquarters(B/Gwari, Kaduna North, Kaduna South, Chikun, Kajuru)
  Date: 3rd 14th June, 2019.
  Venue: Kaduna State Scholarship and Loans Board Secretariat
• Maigana(Soba, Lere, Kauru, Kubau, Ikara)
  Date: 3rd 14th June, 2019.
  Venue: Soba Local Government Secretariat
• Kachia(Kachia, Kagarko, Z/Kataf)
  Date: 3rd 14th June, 2019.
  Venue: Kachia Local Government Secretariat
• Kafanchan(Jemaa, Jaba, Sanga, Kaura)
  Date: 3rd 14th June, 2019.
  Venue: Jemaa Local Government Secretariat

Method of Application

APPLY HERE

Application forms should be completed online as follows:

• Applicants for Need Based Scholarship Scheme should refer to and complete application form No. 1 only.
• Applicants for Merit Scholarship Scheme should refer to and complete form No.2 only.
• Applicants for School Based individual scholarship scheme should refer to and complete form No.3 only.
• Applicants for Disability Scholarship Scheme should refer to and complete form No.4 only.
• Applicants for Athletic Scholarship Scheme should refer to and complete form No. 5 only.

Candidates are advised to make only one entry as multiple entries will be disqualified. After completing the form online, the printed copy should be submitted to the scholarship Board with the following documents:

• Admission Letter
• Academic Certificates
• Birth Certificate/Declaration of Age
• Letter of indigenization or Citizenship
• 2 passports with your name written at the back and signed by you
• Current students Payment Slip,

Scholarship Application Deadline: 20th May, 2019.

Source: Scholarships And Aid

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in announcing the release of the results of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Saturday, also advised the candidates on how to download them.

JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede directed the candidates to send ‘RESULT’ to 55019, on their mobile phones, used to register for the exam.

Candidates should send RESULT, via SMS, to 55019 using the same number that was used for registration (you must have a credit balance of at least N50 on your line).

The result, would be replied as an SMS shortly after.

Another way to check for your results is:

Go to JAMB result checking portal at http://www.jamb.org.ng/eFacility/CheckUTMEResults.

Enter your JAMB Registration Number/Email Address in the required column.

Click on ‘Check My Results’ and the portal will load your result if it’s ready.

Note that UTME results are released in batches.

If the portal returns with ‘You Do Not Have Any Result Yet’, that implies your result is not yet ready. So you have to check back later.

JAMB announced results for 1,792,719 candidates.

Ekele Franklin, the 15-year-old Imo State native who emerged as the best candidate in the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), released on Saturday cannot gain admission into any Nigerian University in spite of his outstanding score of 347 marks.

Registrar of JAMB, Professor Ishaq Oloyode, while speaking on the results released said that the best candidate may not be admitted to the University of Lagos, which he chose as his first choice because of age.

Franklin emerged as the best in the list of over 1.8m candidates but following the National Universities Commission (NUC) minimum age rule for admission into the university which public universities don’t compromise, he stands disqualified to register as a student of the University of Lagos, his first choice school.

The second best candidate with 346 marks – 16-year-old Emmanuel Chidiebube is from Abia State with just one point less than Franklin, while 17-year-old Oluwo Isaac Olamilekan Oloyode from Osun State came third with 345 marks.

Oloyede lamented that the examination was fraught with serious irregularities and manipulation from especially the CBT exam centres and owners.

He said: “In Nigeria too, examination malpractice is exacerbated by the insatiable greed and desperate antics of parents who are hell-bent on inducting their innocent and not-so-innocent children into the world of sharp practices and corruption.

“Yet, the given circumstances made it difficult for us in 2017 to adopt the international best practice of pre-release clinical scrutiny of the results of the examination of this nature especially when one is aware of how endemic the rot had been since the period of the Paper and Pencil Test till the recently introduced CBT.”

“The foundation of examination malpractice is laid at the point of registration with the active connivance of some CBT centre owners who allowed themselves to be infiltrated by those who parade themselves as owners of tutorial classes. “Unfortunately, some elite institutions that charge exorbitant fees, which they had made the parents part with in the name of secondary education, became active in the procurement of ‘best results’ for their students at all costs.

“These characters have permeated the system such that it is herculean to confront and dislodge them.

“The extent of this infraction is appreciated through the huge amount of money JAMB makes from the correction of names, dates of birth by the perpetrators.”

He added that JAMB had delisted about 116 CBT centres nationwide from conducting the UTME tests in future.

In pursuance of NNPC/NAE PSC, the Nigerian Agip Exploration (NAE) Limited is offering Post Graduate Award for the qualified and interested graduate students for session 2019/2020 in Nigeria.

The program is open for Nigerian and international students, who wish to commence theirpostgraduatestudy at any reputable overseas university or recognized Nigerian university.

Eligibility Criteria

• Eligible Countries:Citizens from Nigeria and all around the world
• Acceptable Course or Subjects: Masters degree course in Geosciences, Engineering, Petroleum Economics, and Law.
• Admissible Criteria: To be eligible for this grant, candidates must possess a minimum of Second Class Upper Bachelors degree from a recognized Nigerian university, have secured admission into any Nigerian or overseas university for the Masters Degree program.
• The applicant should not above 28 years of age by December 31st, 2019 and have completed the one year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program. Students must possess an international passport valid for travel at least one year from September 2019.

Method of Application:For acquiring this education award, aspirants need to be a full-time masters degree student at any recognized Nigerian or overseas university. After enrolled in a postgraduate course, you will be eligible to apply for the studentship.

• • Supporting Documents:Seekers will be asked to attach the passport photograph, provisional admission letter, NYSC discharge certificate, valid ID card, valid international passport data page birth certificate from Local government and NAE compliance declaration form.

• Admission Requirements:For admission in postgraduate degree, applicants need to have the first-degree certificate, all the academic and previous qualification certificates.
• Language Requirement:All claimants must have to provide evidence of English language skills.

The bursary will cover the tuition, books, field trips, accommodation, living expenses and a return economy ticket for the selected one-year course of study.

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Scholarship Application Deadline:May 26, 2019

Source: Scholarships And Aid

Covenant University is proud to offer International Excellent Scholarship (CUIES) for International students to help in their higher study in Nigeria.

The CUIES program is open to non-NigerianMastersapplicants seeking on-campus admission to Covenant University.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Eligible Countries: Applications will be accepted from all around the world except Nigeria
• Acceptable Course or Subjects: Proposed Masters Degree Programme are: Accounting, Banking and Finance, Business Administration, Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management, Economics, Demography and Social Statistics, Mass Communication, Sociology, Psychology, Political Science, International Relations, Policy and Strategic Studies, Public Policy, Architecture, Biology (Applied Biology & Biotechnology), Biochemistry, Building Technology, Industrial Chemistry, Computer Science, Management Information System (MIS), Estate Management, Industrial Mathematics, Industrial Physics, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Information & Communication Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Petroleum Engineering.
• Admissible Criteria: To be eligible, the applicants must be non-Nigerian candidates admitted into any of Covenants Masters Programs, and shall be for a period of 18-months.

Method of Application: Create your account to get started on your application. After completing the online application, you must apply for a masters degree program at Covenant University to be considered for the award.

• • Supporting Documents: Applicants must attach your first-degree Certificate, passport photograph, Transcript, and Personal Statement not more than 1500 words.

• Admission Requirements: With a minimum of Second Class (Lower Division), you must be a graduate of Covenant University or any other University recognized by the Senate of Covenant University
• Language Requirement: Applicants must be demonstrated (Speaking, Reading, and Writing) Proficiency in the English Language

The university will provide the program value, being a waiver of tuition fee only:

• First Class: 100% tuition waiver
• Second Class Upper (? 4.0): 75% tuition waiver
• Second Class Upper (< 4.0): 50% tuition waiver

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Scholarship Application Deadline: Thursday, August 29th, 2019

Source: Scholarships And Aid

The Gilbert and Marcia Kotzen Scholars Program aims to encourage brightest students interested in transformative education and also supports them in pursuing anundergraduatedegree.

Eligibility

• Eligible Countries:International applicants are eligible to apply for this fund.
• Acceptable Course or Subjects: Candidates can apply for an undergraduate degree program in any subject offered by the university.
• Admissible Criteria: You must have a College preparatory curriculum including an advanced level math course during, or prior to, your senior year of high school.

How to apply:Participants need to join an undergraduate degree course at the university and then submit their applications for the award through email [email protected].

• Supporting Documents:Aspirants are advised to create a PDF file and include an essay within 250 words and describe how you will use this grant. Also, include a curriculum vitae and a copy of passport and attach this file with your application.
• Admission Requirements:Candidates must have a record of taking honors, advanced placement (AP) and international baccalaureate (IB) courses, as available in their high school systems with a GPA of 3.3 or higher.
• Language Requirement:Students need to score of 28 or higher (ACT), 1300 or higher (new SAT) or 1250 or higher (old SAT CR M). Minimum of 600 in each SAT section strongly recommended. Or they can show their English language proficiency by TOEFL or IELTS test.

The educational award will provide full tuition, room & board, plus an additional $3,000 for academic pursuits such as study abroad, research support, and more.

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Scholarship Application Deadline: December 1, 2019

High achieving claimants from Kenya, Thailand or Nigeria are invited to apply for the Kent LLM Student Awards offered by Law School of the University of Kent.

The fund is established to support the students, who want to study the full-time taught LLM program at the Canterbury Campus of the University of Kent.

Eligibility

• Eligible Countries:Citizens of Kenya, Thailand or Nigeria
• Acceptable Course or Subjects: Masters degree course in the field of Law
• Admissible Criteria: The applicant must hold a valid passport of the nationality of Kenya, Thailand, or Nigeria or have successfully completed a Bachelors degree at a university in Kenya, Thailand or Nigeria. They must be classified by the University of Kent as an international student for tuition fee purposes.
• Candidates must be fully self-funding studies and have firmly accepted an offer of a place on the taught Kent LLM at the university for entry in September 2019 or in January 2020, and have met the academic conditions of entry/be accepted for entry.

Method of Application: If you want to join this program, then you are needed to take admission in a masters degree program at the university. After receiving an offer of study at the university, entrants will be notified for the award by email.

• • Admission Requirements: For being enrolled in a masters degree, seekers must have to hold a bachelors degree certificate.

• Language Requirement: For gaining the advantage of this program, entrants are required to have a good level of English language to study.

The bursary will provide a tuition fee discount of 2,500 to for the course.

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Scholarship Application Deadline:July 31, 2019

Source: Scholarships And Aid

The purpose of this award is to help those candidates who are going to take part in amasters degree course and wants to spread positivity in the world.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Eligible Countries: UK, EU and overseas fee-paying students are eligible for this grant.
• Acceptable Course or Subjects: They can apply for a masters degree program in the field of Ancient History, History of Art, and Roman History & Archaeology at the university.

Admissible Criteria: Candidates will have a clear intellectual ambition and also have the potential to make a strong contribution to their chosen program.

Method of Application: Aspirants are suggested to receive a place in a master’s degree program at the university and after that, complete the online application form for the fund.

Supporting Documents: Copy of passport, curriculum vitae, and a personal statement should be submitted with the application.

Admission Requirements: You must have a first-class bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject an equivalent non-UK qualification. Or can have a Master’s degree at merit or distinction in a relevant subject or equivalent.

Language Requirement: Candidates need to demonstrate their English language ability by taking TOEFL or IELTS test, only if English is not their national language.

Benefits: The total worth of the award is £20,000 in which four grants are available and each will provide £5,000 in this course.

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Scholarship Application Deadline: May 31, 2019

By Emmanuel Afonne

UN Secretary-General Antnio Guterres on Thursday in New York announced the appointment of His Royal Highness Muhammadu Sanusi II, Emir of Kano, as one of his new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Advocates for 2019-2020.

A statement by UN quoted Guterres as saying that the appointment was sequel to the UN Member States agreement to accomplish the SDGs by 2030.

The Advocates are 17 influential public figures from around the world who are tasked by the Secretary-General to promote the Goals, raise awareness with new audiences, maintain global commitment and call for greater ambition and scalable action to achieve the SDGs by 2030.

Sanusi is the only Nigerian on the 17- man list of SDG Advocates co-chaired by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana and Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway.

According to Guterres, the Advocates are tasked with driving the action, building the ambition, and solidifying global political will of the SDGs.

We have the tools to answer the questions posed by climate change, environmental pressure, poverty and inequality.

They lie in the great agreements of 2015 the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change.

But tools are no use if you dont use them. So, today, and every day, my appeal is clear and simple; we need action, ambition, political will, more action, more ambition and more political will, said Guterres.

He further said that the Advocates are to raise awareness, inspire greater ambition, and push for faster action on the SDGs, which were adopted by world leaders on Sept. 25 2015.

They are expected to use their unique platforms and leadership to inspire cross-cutting mobilisation of the global community to build the momentum for transformative and inclusive development by 2030.

The Advocates selected from Governments, entertainment, academia, sport, business and activist organisations around the world, are also expected to leverage and build bridges between their unique audiences, and work together to drive progress.

Co-Chair of the SDGs Advocates group Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway was also quoted in the statement as saying: By joining forces to achieve our goals, we can turn hope into reality leaving no one behind.

On his part, President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who is also the Co-Chair of the SDG Advocates, called for a united force to fight poverty globally.

He said: This is a time of great hope for the world. If we work smartly together and stay on course, we can raise millions out of poverty and significantly expand basic social services for many more by the 2030 end date of the SDGs.

Source: NAN