Education

Apply for 2022 Federal Government Scholarship Awards to Study Overseas

Application for the Federal Government Scholarship Awards to study Overseas is currently ongoing.

IDOMA VOICE reports that the Federal Scholarship Board {FSB} is a Subdivision of the Federal Ministry of Education which is headed by a Director, who is also the Secretary of the Board. More than 30,000 Nigerians have benefited from the scholarship program since its inception.

Most of the scholarship recipients from Nigeria have returned home to make substantial contributions in different sectors to the development of the nation, particularly in our higher institutions.

The grading score for this scholarship would be strictly based on academic merit, the quality of research proposals by students as well as their positive impacts on society at large.

THE DIRECTIVES GIVEN TO THE FEDERAL SCHOLARSHIP BOARD IS AS FOLLOWS:

  • Policy Formulation – Preparing master plans for a well composed and effective utilisation of foreign and local scholarship, and fellowship awards to deserving Nigerian undergraduate and postgraduate students.
  • Implementing the Federal Government strategy and programmes of foreign and local scholarship awards to well deserving Nigerian scholars.
  • Implementation of Federal Government commitments to Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) and Multi-Lateral (Commonwealth) Agreements on Scholarship and Fellowship awards to Nigeria.
  • Implementation of Presidential Special Scholarship for Innovation and Development (PRESSID) and NYSC EX-Corps Scholarship.
  • Collection, collation, analysis, publishing and dissemination of data and other information of student matters, Scholarship and Fellowship awards in relation to Nigeria.
  • Supervision and monitoring the activities of Federal Government Scholars in Tertiary Institutions locally and abroad.
  • Advising and coordinating States Scholarship Policies and Programmes through Annual Coordinating Committee Meetings of Secretaries of Federal and State Scholarship Boards.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIP 2022/2023 APPLICATION FORM IS OUT

APPLY HERE.

 

Attah Aaron

Attah Aaron has spent over six years with Idoma Voice. He writes on religion and health.

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