The Federal Ministry of Education has stated that it had opened its portal to commence registration for the 2020/2021 Computer Based Test, (CBT), for Federal Government Scholarship award.

The ongoing registration for scholarship under the Ministry’s Bilateral Education Agreement is for undergraduate and post graduate studies.

The undergraduate scholarships are obtainable in Russia, Morocco, Algeria, Serbia, Hungary, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey, Cuba Romania, Japan, and Macedonia.

The post graduate scholarships are for studies in China, Hungary, Serbia, Turkey, Japan, Mexico, South Korea and Russia (for students whose first degrees are from Russian Universities).

This was disclosed in a statement by Education Minister, Adamu Adamu in Abuja in a chat with newsmen on Wednesday.

According to the Minister, undergraduate awards will be obtainable in Engineering, Agriculture, Sciences, Mathematics, Languages, Environmental Sciences, Sports, Law, Social Sciences, Biotechnology, Architecture and Medicine (with very limited space).  

Adamu Adamu stated that for post graduate studies, (Master’s degree and PHD), interested candidates are free to apply for all fields of study.

On the eligibility for undergraduate scholarship, he said that candidates must possess a minimum qualification of five distinctions (As and Bs) in Senior

Secondary School certificates in the subjects relevant to their fields of study, including Mathematics and English language.

Adamu, who revealed that the age limit of applicants should be between 18-20 years, added that the certificates from non-African universities must not be older than two years (2018/2019), while those of African universities must not be older than one year (2019).

For post graduate studies, the Minister disclosed that applicants must hold a first degree with 1^st Class or 2^nd Class Upper Division and that recipients of previous foreign awards must have acquired at least, two years post qualification experience or employment practice in Nigeria.

He stressed that the age limit for Master’s degree is 35 while that of PHD is 40.

The scholarship is also obtainable in Nigerian universities.

In a related development, the Minister is asking members of the public to disregard information making  the round on a fraudulent website: www.financialwatchngr.com  calling for applications for job recruitment, adding that  the information on the Ministry’s official website is for scholarship applications only.

For the avoidance of doubts, the Ministry’s official website to which applicants can apply is www.education.gov.ng.