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Apply For 2022 Federal Government Scholarship Awards To Study Overseas
Application for the Federal Government Scholarship Awards to study Overseas is currently ongoing.
iexclusivenews reports that the Federal Scholarship Board {FSB} is a Subdivision of the Federal Ministry of Education 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.
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THE DIRECTIVES GIVEN TO THE FEDERAL SCHOLARSHIP BOARD ARE AS FOLLOWS:
- Policy Formulation – Preparing master plans for a well-composed and effective utilization of foreign and local scholarship and fellowship awards to deserving Nigerian undergraduate and postgraduate students.
- Implementing the Federal Government strategy and programs of foreign and local scholarship awards to well-deserving Nigerian scholars.
- Implementation of Federal Government commitments to the Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) and Multi-Lateral (Commonwealth) Agreements on Scholarship and Fellowship awards to Nigeria.
- Implementing 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.
- Supervise and monitor Federal Government Scholars’ activities in Tertiary Institutions locally and abroad.
- Advising and coordinating States Scholarship Policies and Programmes through Annual Coordinating Committee Meetings of the Secretaries of Federal and State Scholarship Boards.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIP 2022/2023 APPLICATION FORM IS OUT –