TeHN:
TeHN is calling all school leavers (Those not already in universities) to apply for the 2015/16 TNRI scholarship

Are you a school leaver?

Are you or your parents experiencing some sort of financial difficulties?

Are you of good character with goals of getting a quality university degree?

If you can answer yes to the 3 questions above then this is the chance you've been waiting for.

The Nigerian Renaissance Initiative Scholarship has been set up by an anonymous donor to run every year so as to enable school leavers with university ambitions that would have otherwise not been able to achieve their educational aspirations due to financial constraints.

Application is open to all so if you know someone or you can say yes to the 3 questions then please send in your applications.

Applicants are to email the committee a 400 worded essay on how technology has changed their lives.

The essays should be forwarded to => ehelpersnetwork@gmail.com


Terms of Reference and timeline =>
https://www.nairaland.com/1842604/tehn-calling-all-school-leavers#25221631

FAQ’s =>
https://www.nairaland.com/1842604/tehn-calling-all-school-leavers/3#25276234

2014/15 winner =>
https://www.nairaland.com/aymost1
https://www.nairaland.com/1842604/tehn-calling-all-school-leavers/9#36385102


Application deadline is the 31st of December 2015

sir, I sent in my application recently in paragraph format but, I discovered lately, that it's no longer so; the paragraphs have disorganised the essay. Please may I resend it?

TeHN:
TeHN is calling all school leavers (Those not already in universities) to apply for the 2015/16 TNRI scholarship

Are you a school leaver?

Are you or your parents experiencing some sort of financial difficulties?

Are you of good character with goals of getting a quality university degree?

If you can answer yes to the 3 questions above then this is the chance you've been waiting for.

The Nigerian Renaissance Initiative Scholarship has been set up by an anonymous donor to run every year so as to enable school leavers with university ambitions that would have otherwise not been able to achieve their educational aspirations due to financial constraints.

Application is open to all so if you know someone or you can say yes to the 3 questions then please send in your applications.

Applicants are to email the committee a 400 worded essay on how technology has changed their lives.

The essays should be forwarded to => ehelpersnetwork@gmail.com


Terms of Reference and timeline =>
https://www.nairaland.com/1842604/tehn-calling-all-school-leavers#25221631

FAQ’s =>
https://www.nairaland.com/1842604/tehn-calling-all-school-leavers/3#25276234

2014/15 winner =>
https://www.nairaland.com/aymost1
https://www.nairaland.com/1842604/tehn-calling-all-school-leavers/9#36385102


Application deadline is the 31st of December 2015

I saw this thread only last week. So I sent my essay on Tuesday 21 of December, I hope it isn't too late.

avaa:


I saw this thread only last week. So I sent my essay on Tuesday 21 of December, I hope it isn't too late.

Nope.

jaybee3:
FAQs

1)Can I apply if I’m already at university
The application is strictly for secondary school leavers and applicants that have lost admissions due to financial constraints

2)When is the deadline for the application
Deadline is the 31st of December 2014

3)Can I apply if I only have SSCE result
Applicants are expected to have all the necessary requirements to gain admission into any of the federal university

4)Can I apply if I already have an admission for this year’s academic year
Yes you can apply but you will have to defer your admission

5)Can the scheme be extended to polytechnic
We are only accepting applications from prospective university students at this time

6)What can the award be used for
The award can ONLY be used towards payment of tuition fee. The winner will be expected to meet yearly CPGA target so they can continue receiving the support

7)Would there be more funding
The funding is fixed at 500k

8 ) How will the winner be selected
Submitted essays will be marked against expected competency for secondary school leavers. The applicants in the top percentile group shall go through to the second stage.

SSCE/UME results and submitted financial hardship evidence will be used to decide the winner of the TNRI scholarship.

Please see below, illustration of how we hope to select the winner (The yet to be selected decision panel will decide on specifics but we don’t expect the methodology to be too different from this)

Evidence of financial hardship will be aggregated using the following banding
Combined Income less than N40K = 50 points
Combined Income between N40.1K – 60K = 40 points
Combined Income between N60.1K – 80K = 30 points
Combined Income between N80.1K – 100K = 20 points

The UME and SSCE would be aggregated along the line of:

UME > 250 = 25 points
UME between 241 – 250 = 20 points
UME between 231 – 240 = 15 points
UME between 221 – 230 = 10 points
UME between 201 – 220 = 5 points

SSCE (grades aggregated to a max of 25 points)

A = 10
B = 8
C = 6

If the applicant took 9 papers then his/her aggregated score will be (sum of grades equivalent)/max possible score e.g.

Applicant A takes 9 papers and received results as follows:
5A’s and 4 B’s
=(( 50 + 32)/90)*25
His/her total aggregate for SSCE would be 22.7

If applicant B takes 6 papers and received results as follows:
6A’s and 1B
= ((60+8 )/70)*25
His/her total aggregate for SSCE would be 24.28

The applicant with the highest aggregate score shall be the winner of 2014/15 TNRI scholarship

My sincere apologies,got my answer already

I sent my essay b4 11:59pm yesterday. Hope it was received?

TeHN:
TeHN is calling all school leavers (Those not already in universities) to apply for the 2015/16 TNRI scholarship

Are you a school leaver?

Are you or your parents experiencing some sort of financial difficulties?

Are you of good character with goals of getting a quality university degree?

If you can answer yes to the 3 questions above then this is the chance you've been waiting for.

The Nigerian Renaissance Initiative Scholarship has been set up by an anonymous donor to run every year so as to enable school leavers with university ambitions that would have otherwise not been able to achieve their educational aspirations due to financial constraints.

Application is open to all so if you know someone or you can say yes to the 3 questions then please send in your applications.

Applicants are to email the committee a 400 worded essay on how technology has changed their lives.

The essays should be forwarded to => ehelpersnetwork@gmail.com


Terms of Reference and timeline =>
https://www.nairaland.com/1842604/tehn-calling-all-school-leavers#25221631

FAQ’s =>
https://www.nairaland.com/1842604/tehn-calling-all-school-leavers/3#25276234

2014/15 winner =>
https://www.nairaland.com/aymost1
https://www.nairaland.com/1842604/tehn-calling-all-school-leavers/9#36385102


Application deadline is the 31st of December 2015

so, wats d next thin 2 do now?

he don close ba!

ok

it's good

Has any1 received feedback frm ehelper?

Has any1 received feedback frm ehelpersnetwork?

Update

We are currently collating the essays as well as formatting them for our yet to be recruited markers.
All applicants will receive feedback before the end of this month

Regards

TeHN

We ar still waitin on u oh

Update to 2015/16 TNRI Scholarship applicants

We have now finished marking the essays and the committee has subsequently endorsed the decision to ONLY allow applicants with a score above the 97th percentile to progress through to the next/final stage.

As a result of this decision, 7 applicants out of 413 valid entries shall progress through to the second/final stage.

We are now in the process of sending out your individual outcomes so please ensure you check the email address you used in sending the entries.

How we arrived at the final 7:
• 8 markers independent of the committee were recruited to help mark the essays
• Each essay was assigned a pseudonymised ID then forwarded to the markers
• The markers were instructed to strictly use the published marking guide (as shown below) as reference when marking the essays
• We decided to use percentile ranking so as to embed consistency and fairness into our scoring methodology


Marking Scheme/Guide for the essay “How technology has improved their respective lives”:
The four key criteria they are to be assessed against are as follows:
1.Content: (40 marks) – Applicants are expected to relate their essays to the importance of technology on their lives specifically on how the use of technology has enabled them improve a process

a. Poor (10 marks): Applicant made no mention of technology in the submitted essay

b. Average (20 marks): Applicant commented about technology and it’s importance but failed to directly connect it to how it helped them improve a process

c. Good (30 marks): Applicant commented about technology and it’s importance AND directly connected it to how it helped them improve a process

D .Excellent (40 marks): Applicant commented about technology and it’s importance AND directly connected it to how it helped them improve several processes

2.Structure: (30 marks) – Applicants are expected to be consistent in the use of tenses, coherent and concise as well as sequential with their delivery

a. Poor (5 marks): Essay was unstructured and delivery flow was non-existent

b. average (15 marks): Essay was unstructured but with an acceptable flow of delivery

c. Good (25 marks): Essay was structured with an acceptable flow of delivery

d. Excellent (30 marks): Essay was structured with an excellent flow of delivery

3.Vocabulary: (20 marks) – The applicants are expected to clearly state their arguments for deserving to be the recipient of the award

a. Poor (5 marks): Far too many grammatical errors coupled with unacceptable text lingos and/or abbreviations

b. Average (10 marks): Little grammatical errors and no lingos and/or abbreviations

c. Good (15 marks): No grammatical errors and no lingos and/or abbreviations

d. Excellent (20 marks): Excellent use of grammar

4.Conclusion: (10 marks) – Applicants should provide a good summary of their argument

a. Poor (2 marks): No attempt made to provide relevant conclusion

b. Good (5 marks): Conclusion is provided but not entirely relevant to the essay

c. Excellent (10 marks): Conclusion is provided and relevant to the essay


Penalties to be applied by the marker on completion of the marking exercise
1) Eligibility - Automatic disqualification. The scheme is strictly for school leavers (Those not already at university). Any mention of an applicant being at university automatically excludes them from the assessment process.
2) Plagiarism – Automatic disqualification.
3) Exceeding word limit –10 marks deducted

I avn't receivd ma score