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THINK CANADA EDUCATION ANNUAL ESSAY COMPETITION

Application Deadline: Friday, 19 August, 2024

LOCATION: Canada

They are thrilled to announce the 1st Edition of the Think Canada Education Annual Essay Competition – an opportunity for young bright minds across Nigeria and Ghana to shape the future of education. Show off your creative approaches to education challenges in Nigeria and Ghana in the 2024 essay writing competition and stand a chance to win prizes and scholarships among other exciting prizes from their partners.

Theme: “Future Trends in Education Industry: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainability”

ELIGIBILITY:

Entry is free and open to citizens from any country but the candidate should be currently in high school, sixth-form college or recent graduate (Year 2023) in Nigeria and Ghana. We will accept applications from;

Final Year and Penultimate High School Students

Sixth-Form College Students

Recent High School and Sixth-Form College Graduates (Graduation Year 2023)

BENEFIT:

1st Place: $1500 + School Prize

2nd Place: $1000 + School Prize

3rd Place: $500 + School Prize

4th – 10th Place receive complimentary gifts from our partners

Scholarships from Partner Canadian Educational Institutions

Application Fee Waivers

Discounted Group Flight Bookings

Discounted Admission and Visa Applications

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THE MASTERCARD FDN RUFORUM SCHOLARSHIPS

LOCATION: Multiple Regions

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation, Gulu University and Egerton University are implementing an eight year program aimed at transforming African agricultural universities and their graduates to better respond to developmental challenges through enhanced application of science, technology, business and innovation for rural agricultural transformation. This is an eight year program (2016-2024) and will support students that are economically disadvantaged as well as those from post-conflict and conflict affected areas of Africa.

ELIGIBILITY:

Be a national of Kenya and Uganda to benefit from the national respective scholarship quota

Be a citizen of any African country to benefit from the Africa region scholarship quota

Be from economically disadvantaged, marginalized communities, coming from conflict and post conflict areas.

Be less than 25 years for undergraduate and less than 30 years for master’s studies at the time of application.

Should have completed secondary school and/or diploma for a bachelor’s degree application not more than two years before the time of this call.

The applicant should meet admission criteria to eligible programs in the university of choice (Egerton University or Gulu University).

For admission into Gulu University for an undergraduate degree programme one must have attained the High School Certificate (HSC) also known as Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) or its equivalent. For admission into Egerton University one must have completed the Kenya Secondary Education Certificate (KSCE) or its equivalent.

Demonstrate interest in agriculture, agribusiness and entrepreneurship

Demonstrate leadership qualities.

Have commitment to working in agriculture and agricultural value chains

Have a strong commitment to community transformation

BENEFIT:

This is a full-board comprehensive scholarship that covers: tuition fees, one return air ticket for African students from outside Uganda and Kenya, research costs, workshop and conference costs, living expenses including stipend and accommodation fees, laptop, internship attachment, community engagement and field attachment, and entrepreneurship training.

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