Nigeria: AUN Awards Scholarships to Nigerian Students

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La Universidad Americana de Nigeria (AUN) ha anunciado concesión de 67 becas a los nuevos estudiantes que llegan a la universidad para la sesión académica 2016/2017.

Las becas se dividen en tres categorías, una declaración por el Director de la Universidad de Comunicaciones, Dan Okereke, dijo el sábado.

Incluyen Beca Nacional para el anotador global superior (una beca), becas regionales de los cinco máximos goleadores de cada región (30 becas), y becas estatales por el Pichichi en cada estado (36) becas.

Además de la beca nacional que cubre todos los gastos de asistencia, cada beca en una categoría cubrió el 50 por ciento de la matrícula, dijo la universidad.

Un candidato puede ganar en un máximo de dos categorías (estado el 50 por ciento y 50 por ciento regional) si se tratara de uno de los cinco mejores goleadores más altos en su región y también el máximo anotador de su estado para un triunfo combinado de cobertura del 100 por ciento en la matrícula.

Un total de 45 estudiantes ganó 64 de las becas, mientras que dos becas estatales no se otorgaron debido a que dos estados no cuentan con un competidor.

The American University of Nigeria (AUN) has announced award of 67 scholarships to new students arriving the university for the 2016/2017 academic session.

The scholarships are in three categories, a statement by the university’s Director of Communications, Dan Okereke, said Saturday.

They include National Scholarship for the overall top scorer (one scholarship), Regional Scholarships for the top five scorers in each region (30 scholarships), and State Scholarships for the top scorer in each state (36) scholarships.

Apart from the national scholarship that cover all costs of attendance, each scholarship in a category covered 50 percent of tuition, the university said.

A candidate could win in up to two categories (50 percent state and 50 percent regional) if they were one of the top five highest scorers in their region and also the highest scorer in their state for a combined win of 100 percent coverage on tuition.

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A total of 45 students won 64 of the scholarships, while two state scholarships were not awarded because two states did not feature a contestant.

The 67 scholarships were awarded as follows:

One student won the National Scholarship;

20 students, who won a regional scholarship each, also were the highest scorers in their states and won 20 of the 36 state scholarships offered, making a total of 40 scholarships awarded in this group;

10 students won the remaining 10 regional scholarships; and 14 students won 14 of the remaining scholarships in the State Scholarships category.

Two scholarships were not awarded in the state category because two states did not feature a contestants.