{"id":44140,"date":"2020-10-26T13:59:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T12:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=44140"},"modified":"2020-10-26T13:59:22","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T12:59:22","slug":"stannic-ibtc-extends-scholarship-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/stannic-ibtc-extends-scholarship-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Stannic IBTC Extends Scholarship Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By: Okosun Dennis<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s leading end-to-end Financial Services Institution, Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, a member of the Standard Bank Group, has extended the deadline for its 2020 University Scholarship Programme application to 31 December 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Demola Sogunle, Chief Executive, Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, said: \u201cThe extension of the application closing date was necessary because most universities are yet to conduct the mandatory Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (PUTME), while some others are yet to release their admission lists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this extension, all the students who participated in the 2020 UTME will now have a fair chance to apply and those who have earlier applied with incomplete applications can have the opportunity to complete them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Stanbic IBTC University Scholarship Programme is open to students who participated in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and have just gained admission into any Federal or State University in Nigeria.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>The scholarship, aimed at encouraging hard work and academic excellence among Nigerian undergraduates, comes with a total value of N40 million.<\/p>\n<p>To qualify, an applicant must have a minimum score of 200 in the 2020 UTME and letter of admission into a Nigerian Federal or State University, issued by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) or the University.<\/p>\n<p>To apply for the Stanbic IBTC 2020 Scholarship Programme, check their website.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s leading end-to-end Financial Services Institution, Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, a member of the Standard Bank Group, has extended the deadline for its 2020 University Scholarship Programme application to 31 December 2020.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":25982,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[2157,7673],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-44140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","tag-scholarship","tag-stannic-ibtc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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