71 Nigerian Students Leave For China, Russia On Scholarship

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.