Applications for the Commonwealth master’s scholarship for
the 2024/25 academic year are now open in Nigeria.
The education ministry’s federal scholarship board, which
coordinates such government-affiliated programmes, is calling for applications.
The Commonwealth scholarship is managed by the Commonwealth
Scholarship Commission (CSC) in the UK and is led by international development
objectives.
It is awarded to people with the potential to make a
positive impact in their countries and on the global stage.
As part of the UK’s Commonwealth commitment, an estimated
700 students are annually sponsored to undertake postgraduate degrees.
To be eligible for the award, an applicant must be a citizen
or permanent resident of a Commonwealth country, have an undergraduate degree
of at least upper second class (2:1), and be unable to afford to study in the
UK without a scholarship.
Candidates are either agency-nominated in their countries or
nominated by non-governmental charitable bodies.
The federal scholarship board, while calling on Nigerians to
apply for the CSC’s master’s and doctorate scholarships, said Nigerian
candidates must additionally have a youth service exemption or discharge
certificate.
It said applicants must have gotten at least two admissions
from UK universities and print out their application form before submission.
The FSB said the applications are open from September 10 and
will last until October 15, 2024.
In funding, the Commonwealth scholarship provides airfare
for the scholar’s travel to and from the UK.
Their full fees are covered by an agreement between the CSC
and the UK university.
To date, over 31,000 have taken up a Commonwealth
scholarship or fellowship since the first group of 175 arrived in the UK in
1960.
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