{"id":25212,"date":"2015-04-22T05:59:21","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T04:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/?p=25212"},"modified":"2015-04-22T05:59:21","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T04:59:21","slug":"national-information-technology-development-agency-nitda-postgraduate-scholarship-scheme-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/national-information-technology-development-agency-nitda-postgraduate-scholarship-scheme-2015.html","title":{"rendered":"National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)<\/strong>, with its mandate of transforming Nigeria into an IT driven economy for global competitiveness and the dire need to bridge the digital divide, has since 2010 established a Scholarship Scheme for Masters (MSc) and Doctorate (PhD) Degrees in relevant areas of Information Technology (IT) obtainable in Nigeria or Foreign\/Overseas Universities.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nNITDA POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Criteria<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The scholarship award is strictly based on merit and is equally distributed between the six geo-political zones for PhD and the 36 States and FCT for Msc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Duration<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Masters programme will run for one year while the Doctorate programme is expected to run for three years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Eligibility<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PhD: University Lecturers with MSc in any Information Technology related field are eligible to apply for sponsorship.<\/li>\n<li>MSc: All citizens of Nigeria with First Class or Second Class (Upper) Honours Bachelor&#8217;s degree, (BSc) in Information Technology related field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Application Closing Date<\/strong><br \/>\n1st June, 2015.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Apply<\/strong><br \/>\nInterested and eligible candidates should:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/scholarship.nitda.gov.ng\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Click here to apply online<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> A comprehensive Aptitude Test will be conducted to determine successful candidates for the Award. Only candidates who are found eligible will be invited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), with its mandate of transforming Nigeria into an IT driven economy for global competitiveness and the dire need to bridge the digital divide,&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme 2015 - Jobs in Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), with its mandate of transforming Nigeria into an IT driven economy for global\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/national-information-technology-development-agency-nitda-postgraduate-scholarship-scheme-2015.html\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Joblist Nigeria\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/national-information-technology-development-agency-nitda-postgraduate-scholarship-scheme-2015.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/national-information-technology-development-agency-nitda-postgraduate-scholarship-scheme-2015.html\",\"name\":\"National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme 2015 - Jobs in Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-04-22T04:59:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-04-22T04:59:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6c04e448b2a9055e61d8936fc1d98f9c\"},\"description\":\"The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), with its mandate of transforming Nigeria into an IT driven economy for global\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/national-information-technology-development-agency-nitda-postgraduate-scholarship-scheme-2015.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/national-information-technology-development-agency-nitda-postgraduate-scholarship-scheme-2015.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/national-information-technology-development-agency-nitda-postgraduate-scholarship-scheme-2015.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme 2015\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/\",\"name\":\"Joblistnigeria.com - Jobs in Nigeria\",\"description\":\"JOBS IN NIGERIA - Joblist Nigeria - Nigerian Job Vacancy\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6c04e448b2a9055e61d8936fc1d98f9c\",\"name\":\"Joblist Nigeria\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0463b6016e95d8f8b2469ac0e1f8bdf4?s=96&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0463b6016e95d8f8b2469ac0e1f8bdf4?s=96&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Joblist Nigeria\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme 2015 - Jobs in Nigeria","description":"The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), with its mandate of transforming Nigeria into an IT driven economy for global","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/national-information-technology-development-agency-nitda-postgraduate-scholarship-scheme-2015.html","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Joblist Nigeria","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/national-information-technology-development-agency-nitda-postgraduate-scholarship-scheme-2015.html","url":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/national-information-technology-development-agency-nitda-postgraduate-scholarship-scheme-2015.html","name":"National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme 2015 - Jobs in Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-04-22T04:59:21+00:00","dateModified":"2015-04-22T04:59:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6c04e448b2a9055e61d8936fc1d98f9c"},"description":"The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), with its mandate of transforming Nigeria into an IT driven economy for global","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/national-information-technology-development-agency-nitda-postgraduate-scholarship-scheme-2015.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/national-information-technology-development-agency-nitda-postgraduate-scholarship-scheme-2015.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/national-information-technology-development-agency-nitda-postgraduate-scholarship-scheme-2015.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme 2015"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/","name":"Joblistnigeria.com - Jobs in Nigeria","description":"JOBS IN NIGERIA - Joblist Nigeria - Nigerian Job Vacancy","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6c04e448b2a9055e61d8936fc1d98f9c","name":"Joblist Nigeria","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0463b6016e95d8f8b2469ac0e1f8bdf4?s=96&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0463b6016e95d8f8b2469ac0e1f8bdf4?s=96&r=g","caption":"Joblist Nigeria"}}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jobs.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2lH8T-6yE","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25212"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistnigeria.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}