FEDERAL MINISTRY OF EDUCATION FEDERAL SCHOLARSHIP BOARD PLOT 245
SAMUEL ADEMULEGUN STREET CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, ABUJA 2019/2020
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS COMPUTER BASED TEST (CBT)
The Honourable Minister of Education (HME), Mallam Adamu Adamu, hereby invites interested and qualified Nigerians to participate in the 2019/2020 Nomination
computer Based Test (CBT) for the Federal Government Scholarship Awards for
BILATERAL EDUCATION AGREEMENT (BEA)
i) Undergraduate (UG) studies tenable in Russia, Morocco, Algeria,
Serbia, Hungary, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey, Cuba, Romania, Ukraine, Japan,
Macedonia; and
ii) Postgraduate (PG) studies tenable in Russia (for those whose first
degrees were obtained from Russia), China, Hungary, Serbia, Turkey,
Japan, Mexico, South Korea.
2.0 All qualified candidates are advised to:
a. Visit Federal Ministry of Education’s website www.education.gov.ng
and click on READ MORE on Federal Scholarship Board ICON on the Home
Page:
. b. Read Guidelines and then Complete the Application Form online
c. Print the completed Application Form
d. Submit two sets of the Printed Application Forms at the venue of the interview as scheduled below.
3.0 FIELDS OF STUDY
a. Undergraduate level – Engineering, Geology, Agriculture, Sciences,
Mathematics, Languages, Environmental Sciences, Sports, Law, Social
Sciences, Biotechnology, Architecture, Medicine (very limited), etc; and
b. Postgraduate level (Masters Degree and Ph.D) in all fields.
Eligibility Requirements:
UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS:
All applicants for undergraduate degree courses must possess a
minimum qualification of Five (5) Distinctions (As & Bs) in the
Senior Secondary School Certificates, WAEC (May/June) only in the
subjects relevant to their fields of study including English Language
and Mathematics. Certificates should not be more than Two (2) years old
(2017& 2018)for African countries the age of certificate is one year
(2018) only. Age limit is from 18 to 20 years.
POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS:
All applicants for Undergraduate degree courses must hold a First
Class (1st Degree with at least 2nd Class Upper Division. The applicants
who are previous recipients of Foreign Awards must have completed at
least two (2) years post qualification or employment practice in
Nigeria. All applicants must have completed N.Y.S.C. Age limit is 35
years for Masters and 40 years for Ph.D. and only:
i) N.Y.S.C discharge or exemption certificates only are accepted;
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ii) Evidence of readiness to be released by employer.
NOTE (For all Applicants):
i) Since the BEA countries are non-English speaking, applicants should
be prepared to undertake a mandatory one year foreign Languare course of
the country of choice which will be the standard medium of instruction;
ii) Japan applicants must have very strong background in further mathematics;
iii) The required certificates for candidates applying for Iman
Preachers and Quaranic Professor for Islamic Religious studies in
Algeria is WAEC as in other scholarship awards;
iv) All applicants for Hungarian Scholarship can apply for up to two fields of study in order of preference; and
v) All applicants for Hungarian Scholarships must visit the website: www.stipendiumhungaricum.hu before
15th January, 2019.
Complete the application form online
Print the completed form and bring to the interview venue in addition to 2.0 above.
VENUE OF INTERVIEW:
All eligible applicants are to report for interview at the venues
scheduled for accredidation a day to the date scheduled for examination.
Two sets of completed application forms should be submitted at the
various JAMB CBT centres with the following attachments:
i. Two sets of Photocopies of Educational Certificates and Testimonials
of previous schools attended with the originals for sighting;
ii. Only one certificate is accepted i.e WAEC of May/June for
Undergraduate applicants;
iii. Two copies of Birth Certificate from National Population Commission;
iv. State of origin/LGA certificate duly signed, stamped and dated;
v. Four (4) coloured passport sized photographs on white background; and
vi. Postgraduate applicatns will be required to submit Academic transcripts and NYSC discharge or Excemption certificates only.
NB: Candidates nominated by the Board will be required to submit to Federal Scholarship Board the following:
i) Authenticated copies of academic certificates;
ii) Data page of current International passport; and
iii) Specified Medical Reports from Government hospitals.
iv) Police Clearance Certificate where necessary.
NIGERIA AWARD SCHOLARSHIP (NA) 2019/2020 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS TENABLE IN NIGERIA TERTIARY INSTITUIONS FOR NA, SDG
(SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS) FOR GIRLS ONLY
THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR
NIGERIAN AWARD/SDG ARE AS FOLLOWS:
- Applicants for Postgraduate studies should possess a minimum of
first degree with Second Class Honours Upper Division. Applicant must be
registered Full-Time students of Federal or State Universities.
- All other applicants (UG, HND &NCE) must be registered full-time
students in their second year or above in Federal or State
Universities, Polytechnics, Monotechnics and Colleges of Education. All
undergraduate Scholarship applicants (Physically challenged inclusive)
must have at least 4.0 Cumulative Grade Points Aggregate (CGPA) on a
five (5) point scale or its equivalents or 5.0 on a 7 point scale.
METHOD OF APPLICATION
Application forms are completed online as follows: Complete form online
Submit and Print a copy Attach Photocopy of the following documents to
the Printed Copy
i. Letter of Admission to the Institution
ii. Current Course Registration Form
iii. CGPA results of year 1, 2, 3, etc.
iv. Current School’s Identity Card
v. Letter of Identification from your State/Local Government
vi. Two (2) passport size photographs with your name written at the back and duly signed by you.
NOTE:
- Printed Copy should be endorsed (signed and stamped) by your HOD or Dean of Faculty of your institution.
GENERAL NOTICE:
During the application candidates are expected to
indicate the following:
i) Centre of choice for the Computer Based Test (CBT); and
ii) Choice of programme preferred in order of priority (i.e. Bilateral
Education Agreement (BEA), Nigerian Award (N/A), Sustaniable Development
Goals (SDGs) scholarship for girls only).
iii) Warning : Double Enteries will be disqualied
OFFICIAL PHONE NUMBERS:
i) Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA): 08077884417/09094268637
ii) Nigerian Award/SDGs: 08077884418/08091155229
iv) fsb@education.gov.ng/fsbbea@education.gov.ng/fsbna@education.gov.ng
Download Application Guideline
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