Nigerian Students Rated Tops In Universities Abroad

Beneficiaries of the Presidential Scholarship Scheme (PRESSID) studying in the United States and United Kingdom have been rated among top grades by their various universities.

Prof. Julius Okojie, Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC) made this known during an interactive session with the students in London, said he was glad that the scheme has taken-off.

Okojie who also doubles as the Chairman
of the Scheme, said that the performance of the students were being
monitored on a regular basis” we monitor them and get reports from their
supervisors.”

According go him no student has dropped
out of the programme since it began, noting that such scheme is one of
the administration’s best scholarship programmes.

While addressing concerns of delayed
allowances and entitlements raised by the students, Okojie said that the
issue was being addressed by a new project implementation strategy
committee.

He tasked the student on the need to
return home upon completion of their studies “you are the next
generation, on completion of your courses you are expected back to the
country”.

Also speaking, Kunle Gbamgbose, Deputy
High Commissioner to the UK urged the students to continue to strive for
excellence in their studies.

He said that most developed nations
invested in their people and that was what Nigeria was emulating in
building the capacity of the students .

Some of the students who spoke expressed
gratitude for the opportunity to further their education and promised
to return home after their studies.

Beneficiaries of the scheme in the UK
are studying various courses in five universities namely the
Universities of Oxford, Cambridge , Edingburg and the University College
London as well as Imperial College.