The Federal Scholarship Board (FSB) is an arm of the Federal Ministry of Education – Nigeria. FSB is responsible for coordinating the disbursement of scholarship to Nigerians home and abroad.
Federal Government Scholarship Schemes are policy measures and programmes designed to augment formal education for National, Economic and Scientific development of the country.
The Federal Government in its efforts to improve education in the country and the welfare of Nigerian Students in tertiary institutions nationwide has put in place a revitalised scholarship scheme The revitalised award scheme is for both postgraduate and undergraduate students already in Universities, Polytechnics, Monotechnics and Colleges of Education, pursuing second year courses and HND I and above in these institutions.
Through the improved and enlarged scheme, the suffering of Nigerian students will be ameliorated while students’ anti-social behaviour and unrest will be reduced. Greater access to higher education by qualified students will be a sure way forward towards national development, technological advancement and rapid industrialisation and socio-economic development.
Nigerian Award is one of the two Divisions of the Federal Scholarship Board. It processes and implements scholarship awards for postgraduates, undergraduates, Higher National Diploma and National Certificate in Education Certificates. There is also a monitoring branch under Nigerian Award.
VALUE OF EACH AWARD
- Under-graduate Scholars = N 150,000 per annum
- HND = N 100,000 per annum
- NCE = N 100,000 per annum
- Post-graduate Scholars =N 180,000 per annum
- Post HNO =N 180,000 per annum
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Each candidate must complete this form fully and correctly and forward it through his/her Head of Department, together with the necessary documents to reach the Registrar’s Office of your institution before the closing date.
- Photocopies of documents to be submitted with the completed application form are;a. Letter of admission to the institution you are studying.
b. Course Registration.
c. Identity Card
d. Letter of identification from your state/Local Government
e. Last sessional examination result. - Two (2) passport-size photographs with name fully written at the back and duly signed by the scholar (Staple all 2 copies to space provided on the application form)
- Application submitted after the closing date, or incorrect/incomplete filled, or without the correct documents will not be processed.
PROGRAMMES TENABLE IN NIGERIAN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS.
Under Nigerian Award, the following programmes are covered by the Federal Scholarship Scheme tenable in Nigerian Tertiary Institutions.
COURSES TO BE CONSIDERED
- Science and Technology
- Medicine and Para-medicals.
- Science Subjects with Education.
- Arts and other subjects with Education.
- Liberal Arts/Social/Management Sciences.
- Law
- HND (science and Technology)
- NCE
BASIC QUALIFICATION:
The award is for 2nd and 3rd year of NCE programme and candidates must have a minimum of 4.0 CGPA score on 5 point scale or its equivalent in the previous examinations.
METHOD OF APPLICATION
Collection and submission of Forms:
- Application forms are obtained free of charge from the Registrar’s Offices of the following institutions:
a. Federal and State Universitiesb. Federal and State polytechnics/Colleges of Technology
c. Federal and State Colleges of Education Students who are qualified to apply according to the above criteria should collect Application forms from their institutions and submit the duly completed forms at the interview venue.
- Candidates are advised to make only one entry. Those who make multiple entries will have their entries rejected.
- Completed application forms must be legible (Candidates are therefore advised to write legibly)
- Incomplete and incorrect completion of forms will lead to disqualification.
All completed application forms must be accompanied with photocopies of the following:
- Educational certificates (on no account should original certificates be sent)
- Letter of admission to the institution you are studying
- Course Registration
- Last sessional examination result
- Identity Card.
- Letter of identification from your local government/State.
- 2 passport-size photographs.
Submission of application forms is at the interview centre. Admission for the Interview is strictly by submission form in addition to other documents.
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