Nigeria Universities Updates

Concerned with the educational development of students, the National Committee for the United World Colleges (UWC) has awarded scholarships to over 10 students to study overseas. The award was held at Ikoyi, Lagos.

The course, International Baccalaureate (IB), will run for two years. The students are to undergo studies in different countries, including Wales, India, China and Costa Rica, among others.

Certificates were presented to students who scaled the preliminary levels.

The Chairman of the UWC Nigerian National Committee, Mr Hakeem Bello-Osagie, urged the students to be good ambassadors of the country during their studies.

“Represent and show the country in good light wherever you are,”. he advised.

He assured the students that the study would change their lives positively.

“I assured you that the course is going to be life- changing and will keep you for the rest of your life. I look forward to maintaining a life-long relationship with you,”he added.

One of the recipients, Chizitera Njoku, expressed gratitude to the organisation for the opportunity offered her to study abroad.

“I feel very great and excited and I am very happy and grateful to God and I thank the organisers for offering me this opportunity,” she said.

Another student, Chinwude Nwana, promised to be of good character and replicate the good things of the country in her country of study.

One of the parents, Mr Isiaka Sanni, whose two children benefited from the award, said he was grateful to the Almighty for the opportunity.

“It is an opportunity to put them on the global scene. What that means is that students will meet with more than 200 children from all over the world. It is not all about education but it is all about exposing the children to global scenario. They should represent Nigeria fantastically,” he urged.

Prof Isabella Okagbue, a member of the committee, said the world colleges were established to foster international peace and understanding by bringing young people from different parts of the world together. She urged the students to be good ambassadors in their various countries of studies and prayed for their success.

She said the committee was working towards raising sufficient funds to enable it send more people on scholarship

Some of the recipients of the award are Kasore Aleshiloye, Ekperigin Ejirohene, Oluwarontimi Omontaon, Awoyinka Ore, Mubarak Sanni and others.

Dr Ann Abiola Ogbenna, thanked the members of the committee for a job well done. She urged the students to dream high and remain focused.

“Dream plus action makes the impossible possible,” she said.

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Six universities from across the country have been given a total sum of N24 million financial support by Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (EEPNL) as its University Partnering Programme (UPP) enters the third year.

The beneficiary universities include Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; Delta State University, Abraka and the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, University of Benin; University of Calabar and University of Ibadan.

The UPP dates back to 2006 when EEPNL partnered Dr D. O. Lambert_Aikhionbare, an expert in geology to conduct a fact_finding survey in the Geosciences faculties of 12 Nigerian Universities. The six universities were selected based on need, curriculum, staff to student ration, among others.

The purpose was to recommend a programme that EEPNL, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil and partner of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), could fund to enhance the quality of geosciences candidates graduating from the universities, and to determine which universities would be in the best position to partner with the company.

In return for the funding, the universities are to visibly increase the quality of their graduates and prepare a map of areas of the country close to them. The maps would be of high quality to be published by the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA).

The N24 million field work logistics support, which covers students’ transportation, feeding and accommodation during the field mapping exercise, is part of the funding earmarked for the third year of the pilot scheme.

During the course of the year, the universities will receive field allowance for supervising lecturers, 27 KVA diesel generators, 10 KVA inverter, digital cameras while provision of insurance cover has also been made for students and lecturers.

To enhance the quality of graduates produced by Nigerian Universities, EEPNL, has donated a total sum of N24 million to six Nigerian universities.

According to Susan Eshett, EEPNL’s Major Projects Manager, “It is no secret that Universities lack the funds to facilitate proper knowledge transfer to students in areas such as mapping and geology; despite their willingness.

Inadequate exposure of students, as a result of lack of equipment and even personnel, results in what the outside world would refer to as half-baked graduates.

We believe the University Partnering Programme, which we have undertaken to fund, would empower benefitting students to contribute their quota and perform excellently in their area of endeavour, which is geological sciences” she said.

Speaking on behalf of the beneficiary universities, Idowu Olayinka, Head, Geology department, University of Ibadan, expressed their gratitude to Esso for its financial support. He also promised that the schools would strive very hard to meet the objectives of the programme.

Since the inception of the programme in 2007, with a standardisation workshop held in Benin City, Edo State, the programme has recorded several landmark achievements.

These include the purchase of field mapping equipment such as 60 global positioning systems; 360 geologic hammers, 42 Brunton compasses, 300 Silva compasses, 10 sledge hammers and 360 hand lenses. The funding of the UPP has also enabled the purchase of six new mini-buses for the schools.

The UPP has further facilitated the publication of the book of proceedings of the standardization workshop. The funding has further aided collaboration with the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency to map parts of the country while students have been trained by experts in the area of field mapping.

Specifically, students of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria produced an unedited draft map of Gombe as a result of their Geologic field mapping exercises.

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TWOWS Postgraduate Training Fellowship for Women Scientists

Organisation: Third World Organization for Women in Science (TWOWS)

The Third World Organization for Women in Science (TWOWS) is an international autonomous organization based in Trieste, Italy.

TWOWS is accepting applications for its postgraduate fellowship programme. The TWOWS fellowship supports female students from Sub-Saharan Africa and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) who wish to pursue postgraduate training leading to a PhD at centres of excellence in developing countries.

The fellowship supports research projects in the natural sciences. The minimum qualification of applicants is an MSc degree (or equivalent) or an outstanding BSc honours degree in a field of the natural sciences.
Both sandwich and full-time fellowships are available.

Deadline to apply is 31 July 2010.

Please click below for more information on the application procedure, eligibility criteria and to download the application form.

Click Here to Apply

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The Scholarship Program
Water and Soil Solution in its social responsibilties is offering scolarship program for the indigent Nigerian students by assisting Nigerian undergraduates and students in higher institution obtain grants from its mother company based in Switzerland
The Scholarship program is divided into two categories which are:

Category A
Open to students in Universities, Polytechnics and colleges of Education in Nigeria with a minimmum requirement of 2 distinctions and 4 credits obtained at not more than 1 sitting for WAEC/GCE/NECO examinations
Category B

Open only to Sophomore(200-level students) of universities only, with a cummulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of not less than 3.00 with additional Qualification of 2 distinctions and 4 credits obtained at not more than one sitting for WAEC/GCE/NECO Examination.
Nature of The Scholarship

Water and Soil Solution will only give grants of between 50, 000 – 70, 000 (naira) to students after verification of students results and oral interview of the selected students to confirm students worthiness of the scholarship. The scholarship grant will be given to students throughout their degree program provided the CGPA is not below 3.00. Students can check national dailies for further enquiries of the scholarship programs.
Students are advised that multiple entries will lead to automatic disqualification of the Scholarship program and as such, one application suffice for the program. Students with forged Certificates or results need not apply as comprehensive verification of results will be carried out.
This Scholarship program is only open ti Nigerians in every Tertiary Institutions; Private, State, and Federal Institutions.

Note: Foreign students are not to apply.
Please click on the button below to fill the application form for the Scholarship programs.

To Apply Click: http://waterandsoilsolution.com/registration.htm

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Addax Petroleum Development (Nig) Limited invites qualified candidates for its 2009/2010 National Tertiary Institutions Scholarship Awards Scheme in Nigeria.

GENERAL ELIGIBILITY

All Candidates must:

i) be a Nigerian
ii) be a registered, full time 100 level undergraduate in any Nigerian Tertiary Institution
iii) have 5 ‘0′ level credit passes in one sitting including English Language and Mathematics.

NOTE:
Any candidate currently a beneficiary of a scholarship of any kind is not eligible to apply
Dependants of employees of Addax Petroleum are not eligible to apply.
METHOD OF APPLICATION

To qualify for consideration, applicants MUST submit an application with ALL the following information.
A. Surname
B. Other Names
C. Sex
D. Functional Email address and phone number
And attach scanned copies of the original:
i. Admission letter into institution with information on course of study, year of entry and duration.
ii. SSCE/GCE O’level certificate
iii. Evidence of state of origin/local government
iv. School ID card or National ID or Driver’s license or international passport.

APTITUDE TEST
An aptitude test for all applicants will be conducted at the following centres on a later date that shall be communicated to successful applicants through their email addresses.
Applicants should therefore indicate their preferred centre for the test on their applications:

1. ABUJA 2. CALABAR 3. LAGOS 4. PORT HARCOURT 5. OWERRI

SUBMISSION
All applications should be submitted with scanned copies of credentials through the following email addresses not later than Friday, May 28, 2010

Applications from North East geographical zone -
Email address: CRL1@addaxpetroleum.com

Applications from North West geographical zone -
Email address: CRL2@addaxpetroleum.com

Applications from North Central geographical zone -
Email address: CRL3@addaxpetroleum.com

Applications from South West geographical zone -
Email address: CRL4@addaxpetroleum.com

Applications from South East geographical zone -
Email address: CRL5@addaxpetroleum.com

Applications from South South geographical zone -
Email address: CRL6@addaxpetroleum.com

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Africa Education Support (Afresup) is an African Educational Organization set up to support African Students in Secondary

Schools and Tertiary Institutions within and across Africa. We have come to see that the major problem facing the African Student is the inability to

pay for their education due to high poverty level in the Continent.

Considering this, the Afresup was set up to grant support in the form of Scholarships to African Students studying within and across Africa. Our funds

are generated by soliciting grants from African Nations and Nationals, Corporate Organizations, UNESCO, etc.

The Afresup holds two level of Scholarships every year. The Tertiary Scholarship and the Secondary Scholarship. The tertiary level is

targeted towards Africans who are bona fide students of known Tertiary Institutions within and across Africa, while the Secondary Scholarship is for

students in the Secondary Schools within and across Africa.

The Afresup Scholarship does not run through the year. Applications becomes open at a given date and closes at a given date. You can

always check on our website to know if application is open. The 2010 editions starts on 28/3/2010 and closes on 30/5/2010

All Scholarship contracts last for a session. However, beneficiaries of Scholarships can reapply for subsequent editions.

The Afresup does not conduct examinations to determine who merits a Scholarship. This is because we believe that everybody does not

have the same intelligence level yet everyone deserves education.

Our mode of determining who wins a Scholarship is base solely on random selection. This way Students with high intelligence level and vise-versa will have a chance to go to School on Scholarship.

Selections are in two stages. An initial random selection will be conducted after which all winners will pass through another stage of random selection that will determine the Final winners.

All Afresup Scholarship are paid in cash to beneficiaries.

We wish All African Students good luck as they take hold of this opportunity.

For support, please mail us at info@afresup.com

Apply here: http://afresup.com/Instruction.htm

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