Wale Jagun
-Charges parents to ensure their children apply
The annual educational support for indigenes and residents of Ikorodu, by the Ikorodu Division Peace Initiative Limited (IDPIL), is still on for prospective applicants.
The scholarship and bursary are worth N30milion which will be allocated to qualified students in support of their education. Thus, students studying full time programmes in any public higher institution across the country, are eligible to apply for any of the three categories of the support – Scholarship, Bursary I and Bursary II.
The activation and acceptance of application have been opened since May 1st, 2023, and the deadline for submission of application is on June 11th, 2023. Interested applicant can apply on: https://idpil.org/sbscheme/.
According to lDPIL, the awards were instituted to encourage an harmonious community by ensuring that youths are given good education.
“In its bid to promote peaceful and prosperous community through qualitative and functional education, the Ikorodu Division Peace Initiative Limited is instituting a scholarship/bursary scheme to provide educational support to indigene and resident students of the Division schooling in various public tertiary institutions across Nigeria”.
“The goal is to encourage an enviable performance and academic excellence, capable of engendering a human development hub and investment growth for the future of the Ikorodu division.
“Beyond the promotion of higher quality education and human resources hub for the division, the need to also support indigent students in the pursuit of their education, especially considering the harsh reality of post-COVID-19 and the excruciating global economic slump which has undermined the capacity of many parents to cope with the educational demand of their children and by implication, resulting in several children dropping out of school and becoming vulnerable to crimes such as cultism and hooliganism. It is against this background that the Ikorodu Division Peace Initiative Limited Scholarship/Bursary Scheme is instituting an educational support for the youth demography as intervention to forestall the above stated challenges”, IDPIL added.
Other requirements for interested applicants are:
“Must be from 200 Level (2nd year) and above with a verifiable CGPA.
“Must provide proof of Indigeneship (Letter of identification from a recognized Oba and Local Government/LCDA). He/she must submit Lagos State Residents Registration Agency (LASSRA) card as proof of residency.
While the Scholarship Scheme is based on Excellent Academic Performance and opened to indigenes and residents alike, anyone applying for it must have not less than Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.5 or First Class for Universities and Distinction for Polytechnics, Monotechnics and College of Educations respectively.
The award money for the scholarship is N200, 000, and any successful applicant will enjoy the scholarship annually until the completion of his/her programme.
Bursary I award, like the scholarship scheme, is also based on academic performance and also open to indigenes and non – indigenes, but applicant must possess good Academic standing not less than Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.5 or Second class Upper Division for Universities and Upper Credit for Polytechnics, Monotechnics and College of Educations respectively.
This award is not tenured; it can only be enjoyed one-off. A background check on documents submitted by applicants shall be conducted.
Bursary II award is exclusively for indigent indigenes who are having financial difficulty in pushing through their education. Although, no academic grade is required for this application, an applicant should possess not less than Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.50 or lower credit. This award is not tenured; it can only be enjoyed once-off.
Prospective applicants can visit the IDPIL website for further information on the awards: https://idpil.org/sbscheme/.
Meanwhile, organisers of the awards have charged parents to encourage their children and wards to apply in order to benefit from the IDPIL Bursary scheme.
