Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) Scholarship award for Postgraduate 2018/19

The Honourable Minister of Education (HME), Mallam Adamu

Adamu, hereby invites interested and qualified Nigerians to

participate in the 2018/2019 Nomination Interview for Bilateral

Education Agreement (BEA) Scholarship Award for:

i) Postgraduate (PG) studies tenable in Russia (for those whose

first degrees were obtained from Russia), China, Hungary, Serbia,

Turkey, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, e.t.c.

2.0 All qualified candidates are advised to:

a. Visit Federal Ministry of Education’s website

www.education.gov.ng and click on READ MORE on Federal

Scholarship Board ICON on the Home Page:

. b. Read Guidelines and then Complete the Application Form online

c. Print the completed Application Form

d. Submit two sets of the Printed Application Forms at the venue

of the interview as scheduled below.

NOTE/Warning: Double Entries will be disqualified!

3.0 FIELDS OF STUDY

a. Postgraduate level (Masters Degree and Ph.D) in all fields.

4.0 POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS: All applicants for

Undergraduate degree courses must hold a First Degree with at least

2nd Class Upper Division. The applicants who are previous recipients

of Foreign Awards must have completed at least two (2) years post

qualification or employment practice in Nigeria. All applicants must

have completed N.Y.S.C. Age limit is 35 years for Masters and 40

years for Ph.D. and only:

i N.Y.S.C discharge or exemption certificates only are accepted;

ii) Evidence of readiness to be released by employer.

NOTE (For all Applicants):

i) Since the BEA countries are non-English speaking, applicants

should be prepared to undertake a mandatory one year foreign

Languare course of the country of choice which will be the standard

medium of instruction; and

ii) All applicants for Hungarian Scholarships must visit the website:

www.stipendumhungaricum.hu before 15th February, 2018.

• Complete the application form online

• Print the completed form and bring to the interview venue in

addition to 2.0 above.

5.0 VENUE OF INTERVIEW: All eligible applicants are to report

for interview at the venues scheduled for their respective Zones of

origin for proper identification. Two sets of completed application

forms should be submitted at the various interview centres with the

following attachments:

i. Two sets of Photocopies of Educational Certificates and

Testimonials of previous schools attended with the originals

for sighting;

ii. Only one certificate is accepted i.e WAEC of May/June for

Undergraduate applicants;

iii. Two copies of Birth Certificate from National Population

Commission;

iv. State of origin/LGA certificate duly signed, stamped and dated;

v. Four (4) coloured passport sized photographs on white

background; and

vi. Postgraduate applicatns will be required to submit Academic

transcripts and NYSC discharge or Excemption certificates

only.

NB: Candidates nominated by the Board will be required to

submit to Federal Scholarship Board the following:

i) Authenticated copies of academic certificates;

ii) Data page of current International passport; and

iii) Specified Medical Reports from Government hospitals.

iv) Police Clearance Certificate where necessary.

TIME : 9.00 A.M DAILY

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION

DOES NOT ATTRACT ANY PROCESSING FEE.

THEREFORE, BEWARE OF FRAUDSTERS!

SIGNED:

PERMANENT SECRETARY

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF EDUCATION