The Petroleum
Technology Development Fund (PTDF) has recently announced the cancellation of
its annual local and overseas scholarship programme for the 2015/2016 session.
This was
detailed in the statement issued by the Fund head of external relations, Mr
Kalu Otisi.
That in line with new policy direction of
boosting local content development, PTDF is in talks with the officials of
those foreign countries where Nigerians scholars are regularly being sent to,
in order to find a common ground of either establishing those foreign
institutions in
Nigeria or collaborating with local universities in achieving the
Fund’s main aims and objective on local soil.
However,
PTDF on their local website is inviting suitably and qualified prospective
scholars to apply for Computer Based Aptitude Test (CBT) that will give them access
to the local and overseas scholarship program for 2016/2017 scheme.
It is noted that
the Fund sends out Nigerian scholars annually to mostly the UK and newly
included French universities, but the good news here is that they have expanded
the numbers of foreign countries where they will be sending their prospective
scholars for the 2016/2017 programme to include countries like US, Australia,
Germany and off course that is in addition to the UK and French universities.
Application
for the PTDF 2016/2017 scholarship scheme is on-going and qualified candidates
are expected as usual to obtain the portal access scratch card at designated
First Bank branches nationwide or obtain the scratch card PIN online.
The closing
date for the application is on the 31st October 2015 and the date
for the CBT has not been specified but will be fixed in due course.
Access: PTDF
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