College partners Rosedale Academy on scholarships to study in Canadian varsities

AS part of efforts to bridge the gap between Canadian and West African High School curricula, Maple Canadian College ( MCC) has partnered Rosedale Academy, Ontario, Canada to offer scholarships to Nigerians willing to study in top Canadian universities.

President, Maple Education Canada, Mrs. Ebi Obaro, who disclosed this to newsmen, s aid the scholarship scheme, designed under the university pathway programme for

Grade 12 ( SSS3) pupils in Nigeria, would enable eligible students benefit from automatic scholarship based on their admission scores.

Obaro said the best student would get a scholarship of $ 20,000 to cover tuition, accommodation, feeding and others, while the second best two would get $ 10,000 each.

She said: “Through our partnership with Rosedale Academy, an Ontario Ministry of Education- inspected private secondary school that is able to grant Ontario Secondary School Diploma ( OSSD) credits; we are able to offer a university pathway programme to Nigerian students.”

According to her, students with excellent admission average score of 90 and above could get a scholarship of between $ 50,000 and $ 100, 000 for a four- year programme, adding that based on the faculty, students could benefit from the following scholarship schemes: Engineering, $ 100, 000 for four years; Social Sciences, $ 70, 000 for four years; and Sciences $ 70, 000 for four years. However, students with an entrance admission average score of 89.9 or lower could benefit from the following scholarship scheme based on their faculty. Engineering $ 80, 000 for four years; Social Sciences $ 50, 000 for four years; and Sciences $ 50, 000 for four years.