By Abimbola Ogunnaike
At least 5,000 applicants nationwide have been shortlisted for the award of scholarships for the 2023/2024 academic session overseas scheme by the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), thegazellenews.com reports.
The Head, Oversees Scholarship Scheme in the PTDF, Mrs Bolanle Kehinde-Agboola made this disclosure on Monday, 19 June, 2023 at a selected interview exercise for the shortlisted candidates for MSc and PhD postgraduate programme
According to her, the selection interview was in continuation of the application process which commenced on February 13, 2023, through publications in some national newspapers, inviting qualified Nigerians to apply.
“What is happening here today is the interview for the award of scholarship to Nigerians for the 2023/2024 academic session. We have shortlisted over 5,000 applicants to partake in the exercise which is going on in the six geo-political zones,” Kehinde-Agboola said.
“The first criteria is that you must be a Nigerian. For the master’s programme the applicant must be a student of any of the oil and gas fields like engineering, geology, computer sciences, environmental sciences and management.
“You must have a minimum of second-class upper in any of these fields for you to be qualified,’’ she added.
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