Candidates, Officials Okay Scholarships’ Selection Process

Candidates and officials of scholarship boards in the South East have described the ongoing Bilateral Educational Agreement (BEA) screening exercise and interview as  “transparent”.

BEA is an agreement for the award of scholarships between Nigeria and other countries, namely Turkey, Egypt, Russia, Japan, China and Ukraine, among others.

Some candidates, who spoke to newsmen in Owerri, called for an increase in the number of slots for the scholarship.

“You can see that the process is transparent, but it will be good if government can convince the countries to accommodate more candidates,” they said.

A candidate, Cynthia Anosike, who wanted to study Microbiology in Japan, described the process as “encouraging, transparent and orderly”.

An official of the Ebonyi Scholarship Board, Mrs Henrietta Ude, described the process as a success and expressed the hope that more candidates would make the final list.

“The large turnout is very encouraging; it shows that our people appreciate education and need every assistance to achieve this,” Ude said.

Mrs. Rosemary Amah from Abia Scholarship Board said the process had been orderly and successful as no untoward incident had been recorded since its commencement.

Similarly, Mr Donatus Nwosu of Anambra Scholarship Board said: “the process has been thorough as most of the candidates who turned up were orderly.