Tuesday, December 09, 2014

943 Battle For 100 Scholarships


Only 100 candidates will be picked out of the 943 first class graduates from various universities who sat for yesterday’s Presidential Special Scholarship for Innovation and Development (PRESSID) in Abuja.

There were anxieties as many of the candidates were of the hope that they would make the list.

The Nation reports the examination, which is being coordinated by the National Universities Commission (NUC), was initiated three years ago by President Goodluck Jonathan to train critical mass of experts, where the nation is lacking, especially in the area of science and technology.
A member of the PRESSID implementation committee, Prof. Olurotimi Tayo, who supervised the conduct of the examination, disclosed that 943 first class graduates, who were screened from over 2000 who applied for the aptitude test, participated yesterday.

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