A total of 71 Nigerians are billed to travel to Russia and
China to pursue undergraduate and post-graduate
degrees under the 2013/2014 Bilateral Education
Agreement (BEA).
Sixty-six of the scholars are to depart to Russia for
undergraduate programmes while seven will head to
China for post graduate courses. Speaking at the pre-
departure briefing for the students in Abuja,
Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike,
disclosed that other scholarship offers received for the
current 2013/2014 academic session are as follow:
Egypt 12, Algeria 13, Morocco 20, Serbia 2, Mexico 2
and Romania 5 while Turkey, Cuba, Ukraine, Greece,
Tunisia and Macedonia are being awaited.
Wike said Nigeria on its part has also continued to
reciprocate by offering scholarships to interested
countries like China, Romania, Cuba and Sierra Leone.
On the cost implication for the awards, he said tuition,
accommodation and some stipend are to be provided
by the donor countries while Nigeria provides
supplementary allowance of $6,000 to augment
feeding, local transportation, maintenance, equipment/
books.
Others include: Warm clothing allowance of $250 per
annum, health insurance of $200 per annum, take-off
grant of $60 and $100 for undergraduate and post
graduate scholars respectively.
China to pursue undergraduate and post-graduate
degrees under the 2013/2014 Bilateral Education
Agreement (BEA).
Sixty-six of the scholars are to depart to Russia for
undergraduate programmes while seven will head to
China for post graduate courses. Speaking at the pre-
departure briefing for the students in Abuja,
Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike,
disclosed that other scholarship offers received for the
current 2013/2014 academic session are as follow:
Egypt 12, Algeria 13, Morocco 20, Serbia 2, Mexico 2
and Romania 5 while Turkey, Cuba, Ukraine, Greece,
Tunisia and Macedonia are being awaited.
Wike said Nigeria on its part has also continued to
reciprocate by offering scholarships to interested
countries like China, Romania, Cuba and Sierra Leone.
On the cost implication for the awards, he said tuition,
accommodation and some stipend are to be provided
by the donor countries while Nigeria provides
supplementary allowance of $6,000 to augment
feeding, local transportation, maintenance, equipment/
books.
Others include: Warm clothing allowance of $250 per
annum, health insurance of $200 per annum, take-off
grant of $60 and $100 for undergraduate and post
graduate scholars respectively.
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