The Petroleum Technology Development Fund has announced that it has shortlisted over 5,000 candidates nationwide for scholarships for the 2023/2024 academic session abroad plan.
Mrs. Bolanle Kehinde-Agboola, the PTDF’s Head of Oversees Scholarship Scheme, said this on Monday during an interview session for the shortlisted candidates for MSc and Ph.D. postgraduate studies.
According to her, the selection interview was part of the application process, which began on February 13, 2023, with advertisements in national media encouraging qualified Nigerians to apply.
She stated, “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.
“The first criterion 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.”
Kehinde-Agboola also stated that the agency will open application windows. For applicants to apply for the exercise towards the end of the year.
She went on to say that the PTDF was an entity tasked with strengthening. And developing the oil and gas industry. Implying that the program’s main goal was to train individuals who would bring innovation to the field.
She also stated that the goal of the exercise was. To provide the applicants with the requisite abilities to work effectively in the sector.
“The candidates are sent abroad to study the relevant skills. This scholarship scheme is running in the United Kingdom, while “we also have what is called strategic partnership in France, Germany, Malaysia and China.
“This scholarship interview scheme will run for one week nationwide and the number of successful applicants depends on its budget for this year.
“The agency has two types of collaborations in this programme, the United Kingdom collaboration and the strategic partnership collaboration.”
cc: Punch Ng
