{"id":287219,"date":"2019-08-21T07:18:35","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T06:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/?p=287219"},"modified":"2019-08-21T15:46:55","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T14:46:55","slug":"kaduna-state-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/kaduna-state-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaduna State Scholarship: How to Register and Benefit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kaduna state government through the Kaduna State Scholarship and Loans Board offers scholarship which is based on meeting criteria.\u00a0 This is to serve as a means of relief in payment of tuition fees, accommodation fees, feeding and other needs of the students. It also helps to support the student towards achieving academic excellence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This article is about the requirements needed and how to apply for the Kaduna state scholarship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-287221\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/scholarship-600x221.png\" alt=\"Kaduna State Scholarship\" width=\"600\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/scholarship-600x221.png 600w, https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/scholarship-900x332.png 900w, https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/scholarship.png 962w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 The disability scholarship scheme is solely for physically challenged applicants<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 The Athletic scholarship scheme is for those athletes who must have represented <a class=\"wpil_internal_link\" style=\"display: inline !important; width: auto !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/kaduna-state-logo-image-description-meaning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpil-post-to-id=\"281858\">Kaduna State<\/a> at National Sports Festival and have won a medal(s)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Only those in their second year or above and with a CGPA of 3.5 in school can <a class=\"wpil_internal_link\" style=\"display: inline !important; width: auto !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/tips-for-applying-winning-scholarships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpil-post-to-id=\"4638\">apply for the Merit scholarship<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Those applying for the Need-Based scholarship scheme must indigenes of <a class=\"wpil_internal_link\" style=\"display: inline !important; width: auto !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/kaduna-state-latest-news-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpil-post-to-id=\"284558\">Kaduna state<\/a> and from less privileged homes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Those applying for School-based individual scholarship must be studying Health-related courses in their Institutions of Higher learning.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Eligibility Criteria<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Those applying for postgraduate studies should possess a minimum of a second class honours Upper Division.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Applicants must be registered and full \u2013 time students of any recognized and accredited institution of higher learning.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Just as mentioned above, other applicants for Undergraduates studies must be registered<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 full-time (100 LEVEL) degree students of the under-listed courses in any of the Institutions of Higher Learning in Kaduna State. These are<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Kaduna State University<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Federal University of Technology Owerri<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a class=\"wpil_internal_link\" style=\"display: inline !important; width: auto !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/federal-polytechnics-in-nigeria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpil-post-to-id=\"110186\">Federal Polytechnic<\/a> Nekede<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eastern Palm University<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kaduna State Polytechnic<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alvan Ikoku College of Education)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any of these underlisted courses are eligible to apply:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Accountancy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Agricultural Engineering\/Agricultural Science<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Architecture<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Business Administration\/Economics<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Chemical Engineering<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Civil Engineering<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Computer Science\/Computer Engineering\/System Engineering<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Electrical\/Electronic Engineering<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Environmental Studies\/Surveying<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Geology\/Geophysics<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Law<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Mass Communication\/Journalism<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Mechanical\/Metallurgical &amp; Materials Engineering<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Human Medicine\/Dentistry\/Pharmacy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 <a class=\"wpil_internal_link\" style=\"display: inline !important; width: auto !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/best-university-in-nigeria-to-study-petroleum-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpil-post-to-id=\"284277\">Petroleum Engineering<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>How to Apply for Scholarship<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Step 1- Obtain a User name or Password<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Click on Create Account button (This is found on The Home Page)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Enter your Name, E-mail, Password<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Click on the Submit button<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Log in to the system using the email address and password you have already registered<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">STEP 2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apply for the Scholarship<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Click on the \u201cCreate Account\u201d button (This is on the Home page)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Enter your Email Address and Password and click the Login Button<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 After logging in, copy the 12 digit PIN No. On the top of the page<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Click on \u201cApply for Scholarship\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Put in the 12 digits PIN No. And click \u201cApply Now\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Enter all information required of you on the Application form<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Click Submit<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note: Do not forget to print a copy of the completed form for verification process<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>LOCAL SCHOLARSHIP<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are five Local scholarship schemes made available by the Kaduna State Government for those who wish to apply for the Kaduna state Scholarship:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are five (5) different scholarship schemes for applicants wishing to apply as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Need Base Scholarship (Form 1)- This is open to all categories of students but most especially and preferably, indigenes of the state.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Merit-based Scholarship (Form 2)- This is for candidates with a CGPA of 3.5 and above for the result of the current year of study.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Disability Scholarship (Form 3)- This is for candidates living with Special Needs or with any form of disability.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Athletic Scholarship (Form 4) &#8211; This is for candidates involved in Sports for the State. Such must be athlete students that have represented Kaduna state in any local or international competition<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 School-Based Individual Scholarship- Health-Related Course (Form 5) \u2013 This is for students studying Health-related courses such as MBBS, Pharmacy, Nursing etc. in Nigeria.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note: Anyone can apply for any of the scholarship schemes named above as long as he or she is eligible according to the requirements.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Applicants eligible for Need-Based Scholarship Scheme should refer to and complete application form No. 1 only.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Applicants eligible for Merit Scholarship Scheme should refer to and complete form No.2 only.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Applicants eligible for School-Based individual scholarship scheme should refer to and complete form No.3 only.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Applicants eligible for Disability Scholarship Scheme should refer to and complete form No.4 only.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Applicants eligible for Athletic Scholarship Scheme should refer to and complete form No. 5 only.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note: Multiple entries will be disqualified. Candidates are hereby advised to make only one entry. The printed copy of the completed form online should be submitted to the scholarship Board with the following documents:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o\u00a0 \u00a0 Admission Letter into the Institution of Higher Learning as well as other information on the course of study, duration and year of entry<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o\u00a0 \u00a0 Academic Certificates i.e SSCE\/GCE O\u2019Level Certificate<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o\u00a0 \u00a0 Birth Certificate\/Declaration of Age<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o\u00a0 \u00a0 Letter of indigenization or Citizenship<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o\u00a0 \u00a0 2 passports with your signature and name written at the back\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o\u00a0 \u00a0 Evidence of State of Origin \/ Local Government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o\u00a0 \u00a0 A school <a class=\"wpil_internal_link\" style=\"display: inline !important; width: auto !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/national-id-card-nimc-pre-enrolment-registration-portal-and-form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpil-post-to-id=\"25756\">ID card or National ID<\/a> or Driver\u2019s Licence or International passport<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o\u00a0 \u00a0 Current student\u2019s Payment Slip<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Kaduna State Overseas Scholarship Awards for Qualified MBBS Applicants<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kaduna state overseas Scholarship Awards is provided by the Kaduna State Ministry Education, Science and Technology. It is open to citizens of the state who would like to study MBBS Overseas programmes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Criteria for Eligibility<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Only citizens of Kaduna state are eligible for this scholarship<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 All Applicants must be residents of Kaduna state<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Candidates are preferably indigenes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Only the MBBS degree program is allowed\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Applicants must possess A minimum qualification of six (6) Distinctions in As and Bs in the senior <a class=\"wpil_internal_link\" style=\"display: inline !important; width: auto !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/top-100-best-secondary-schools-in-nigeria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpil-post-to-id=\"2889\">secondary school<\/a> certificates. This is in either WAEC or NECO (May\/June), The grades must be obtained in science subjects which include Physics, Chemistry and Biology and the compulsory subjects: <a class=\"wpil_internal_link\" style=\"display: inline !important; width: auto !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/history-and-importance-of-english-language-in-nigeria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpil-post-to-id=\"98194\">English Language<\/a> and Mathematics.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 The certificate should no be more than two (2) years old since obtaining it<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 Only those within the ages of 17 to 20 years are eligible for the scholarship<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kaduna state government through the Kaduna State Scholarship and Loans Board offers scholarship which is based on meeting criteria.\u00a0 &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Kaduna State Scholarship: How to Register and Benefit\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/kaduna-state-scholarship\/#more-287219\" aria-label=\"More on Kaduna State Scholarship: How to Register and Benefit\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":287221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/scholarship.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6w1sx-1cIz","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287219"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287219"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287223,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287219\/revisions\/287223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}