Kano State Government in its determination to enhance education in the state, has reintroduced a foreign scholarship scheme for 550 qualified indigenes of the state to study (post-graduate programmes) abroad.
This is just as the state government has approved the sum of N3.5 billion for the students to study in seven different universities in India and Uganda.
Disclosing this the state Commissioner of Higher Education, Dr. Yusuf Kofar-Mata announced this while speaking with newsmen after the State Executive Council, SEC meeting.
It will be recalled that the programme was initiated in the state by the Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso-led government.
According to him, “Out of 1,250 applications it received from candidates who show interest only 550 were qualified after the screening exercise.”
The Commissioner emphasised that level playing ground was given to all students irrespective of political affiliation, inasmuch as the candidates are indigenes and qualified.
He said it has almost concluded arrangements with the processing of the visa for the students to embark on the journey by the end of the month.
According to him, “We collected 1,250 applications for our postgraduate programmes and we have screened and come up with a list of 550 qualified indigenes of Kano who will be sponsored for postgraduate at various universities overseas.
“The State Executive Council, SEC meeting under the chairmanship of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf approved the sum of N3.5 billion for the exercise.
“We are in the process of authenticating all the documents of these students for the Visa preparation.
We are hoping that by the end of this month, these students will start moving to their various destinations overseas for them to start their programmes in various fields,” Kofar-Mata said.
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