19 Nigerian students have been selected by the Australian government for scholarship award to do their master degree programme in Australia by 2015.
This was made known by the Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Jonathan Richardson who also said that between 2010 and 2014, more than 200 scholarship awards had been granted Nigerian students, including 86 for postgraduate studies by the Australian government.
According to him, “the Australian government is encouraging Nigerians interested in studying abroad to consider Australia as an option, given the strong record and high quality of our universities and tertiary institutions.”
He further mentioned that a new round of Australia Awards would open for applications in September, 2014.
