Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC is set to commence Local Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme this year.
NDDC Managing Director, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku who made this known during an interview session for candidates of foreign Postgraduate Scholarship Programme in Port Harcourt Rivers State, revealed that Local Postgraduate Scholarship would accommodate six hundred beneficiaries.
Dr. Ogbuku insisted that the process of selection of successful beneficiaries of the yearly Foreign Scholarship was transparent, saying that many previous beneficiaries made distinctions.
“We have never heard of any of our scholarship beneficiaries involved in criminal situation, most of them are doing very well academically.
Last year we churned out multiple distinctions, this year also, from the reports we are getting, there would be multiple distinctions from our scholars in various schools in Europe, UK and even America.
with that we are encouraged to do more.”
Similarly, Director Education, Health and Social services, Dr. George Uzonwanne told Newsmen that two thousand five hundred applicants who scored seventy and above during the exam were invited for the Oral interview, from where two hundred successful beneficiaries would be selected for the foreign Postgraduate Scholarship.
“Every student got his answer or score right after they finished their exams. so, there was no case of my answer was changed, my score was changed,
you get it and you sign off on your score.
That mark was fixed to get the two thousand five hundred that we prepared for.
Those are the ones that are coming for the oral interview.
So, the overall performance of these applicants will determine what the cut off point will be.”
Two of the interviewees , Chibuike Achimonye and Miss Blessing Chinonso who is visually impaired, applauded NDDC for the gesture, however, Miss Chinonso requested that reading screens be provided for visually impaired candidates during Computer Based Test, CBT.
