Kano—Minister of Education, Malam
Ibrahim Shekarau, has said the Federal Government is set to sponsor 100 first
class graduates for further studies abroad.
He spoke
on Sunday in Kano during a media interaction and an awards ceremony.
Shekarau
said the100 first class materials would be sponsored under the Special
Presidential Scholarship Programme.
According
to him, President Goodluck Jonathan has instructed the Nigerian Universities
Commission (NUC) to select the best graduates and secure admissions for them to
study up to doctorate level in universities abroad.
“President
Jonathan instructed that best students should be screened all over the country
irrespective of their locations for scholarships outside the country,” he said.
Shekarau
said the first batch had been screened and would soon leave the country to
study in the best 25 universities in the world.
The
minister said as part of the government’s effort to provide Nigerians
qualitative education some university lecturers had been sponsored for various
training locally and abroad.
“The
lecturers will study both within and outside Nigeria under the Tertiary
Educational Trust Fund (TETFund).
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