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hopeful2018:
You don't know much about COREN registration. I just check your thread on nairaland.

Newcastle2023:
UK Consular in Nigeria started Visa processing on the 28th of July, 2020. I guess we might hear from PTDF this week since the Federal Civil Service full resumption will be announced hopefully by tomorrow, 3rd August, 2020.

The 2 UK Universities I'm interested in are starting on the 14th September and November, 2020.

PTDF just needs to break this long silence this week.

EdoBoy90:
I will pass any information today in the evening.


From my source, PTDF scholarship is still on hold.

emeritus007:
You never move on?

EdoBoy90:
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I don moved on since. I am the one who told them PTDF scholarship is next year. They never believed me. This is August 7.

kanuchibuezeo:
...still on hold!

PTDF COVID-19 REPONSE

As the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic made its entry into Nigeria the familiar pattern of disruptions already reported by global news media in countries that had recorded cases began to play out in Nigeria. From school closures and suspension of all local and international flights, various policies limiting large gathering of people were made and enforced by government. When the Federal government announced the gradual easing of lockdown in the affected states and partial resumption of government workers, the Presidential Task force on COVID-19 gave general guidelines to MDA’s and directed them to determine other risk reduction measures based on the peculiarities of their organization and sectors of operations. Accordingly, the Executive Secretary, PTDF, Dr. Bello Aliyu Gusau empanelled a committee to look at the impact of the pandemic on the operations of the Fund, and come up with a response plan.

The Committee Chair, Manager Education & Training Department, Haj. Rabiah Waziri-Adamu acknowledged the apprehension being faced by applicants whose interview for the 2020/2021 OSS scholarship were suspended as a result of the pandemic. It will be recalled that the interviews for the MSc. held in all the 6 geo-political zones while that for PhD held in only 2 centres. The PhD interviews in 4 centres were put on hold because of the pandemic. She said PTDF is studying the global response in terms of education before taking a decision on whether to go ahead to conclude the 2020/2021 interview. “If we decide to go ahead, we have to consider online interviews because the new normal is less physical interactions and use of ICT. We would have to look at the panel of interviewers and the high number of interviews to be conducted. All of this will determine how the interviews will be done, but right now we have put the interviews on hold and have not taken a decision while we watch the response from our partners. Some have said they will commence their sessions in September while others have not given a direction on the way forward, but we are awaiting further guidance in order to make a decision.”

The Fund has been in active engagement with its scholars studying abroad in this period of COVID-19 Pandemic. “For our engagement with scholars, we set up many virtual meetings with them. We have been engaging them since the COVID 19 breakout to know how they are faring and most of them told us that they have carried on with their studies online where the schools are offering online classes. It is only the PhD scholars who needed to be physically present at the labs that had to stop at some point because they could not carry on. The others were not really at risk because classes were holding online, and the schools put measures in place to ensure students could order food and have it delivered to them. For the local scholarship programme, all schools were shut down by the Federal government and the students are at home.”

The dynamic response plan by the Fund is aimed at transforming PTDF into a flexible, resilient organisation capable of adapting to gradual and sudden changes to its internal and external environments.

Press and External Relations Unit

DMainMan:
For those contacting me for other UK full scholarship in 2020, most scholarship application has closed.

However, PTDF UK Scholarship is still out and deadline is Feb 17th, 2020.

Meanwhile, Newzealand, Malaysia and Romania scholarship is out.

Check:

https://facebook.com/dmainmanfoundation

Take care and Good luck.

fraymite:
Hello scholar. Please I want to know if Commonwealth shared scholarships successful applicant list is out for 19/20 application. I didn't see any news about it from all the groups I registered with. Thanks.

iykelight:
Please I want to know if the selection process for 2020 PTDF scholarship has ended.

Newcastle2023:
I believe the final list will be out within this quarter. A number of schools in the UK are starting the 2020/2021 session from the 14th of September, 2020 through to November, 2020.

It's better for PTDF to get the final list ready as soon as possible.

emeritus007:
They also acknowledged the fact that some of their partners are commencing the session in September.
PhD scholars are the affected ones overseas, they can't access their labs. Msc list may just drop soon.

Clinton12345:
SPDC scholarship has been concluded and i just got info they've reached out to the winners. PTDF please answer now.

judecares1:
Greetings
Please am seriously in need of scholarship in Vietnam or any other country in Asia
Kindly help a brother in need

kanuchibuezeo:
If Ptdf doesn't reply this week, then it's as good as useless. Most schools are resuming September.