The Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Julius Okojie, made the statement in Abuja when he visited Chams centre where the candidates wrote the Presidential Special Scholarship Aptitude Test.
“Of the 449 candidates who are writing the test this year, we are only going to take 100 students from the best of the best,’’ he said.
Okojie said the scheme was part of efforts to achieve the goals of Vision 20:2020 and the Transformation Agenda
“Federal Government has plans to develop a critical mass of professionals, who will serve as catalysts of change and agents of scientific and technological advancement.
“This sustainable economic development will be achieved through the sponsorship of these outstanding students for postgraduate studies in the top 25 universities in the world.
“This means that it is only those candidates who are graduates of the 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 academic sessions that qualify for this particular selection,’’ the News Agency of Nigeria quoted the NUC chief as saying in the statement.
Okojie said that the selection was based on graduates who had obtained First Class degrees from recognised and approved universities.
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