UK varsities storm Nigeria for admission exercise
By GABRIEL DIKE
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Global Education Counselling (GEC) has opened a week-long education fair in
Abuja and three other states in the country in the spirit of public-private
sector collaboration to expand university admission opportunities for
Nigerian students.
Director of Admission, GEC, Mrs. Abolaji Osime, who disclosed this to
newsmen in Lagos said it was worrisome that the 89 public and private
universities in the country could admit only 13 per cent of the total number
of applicants seeking university admission.
To bridge the wide gap and meet the challenges it posed, Mrs. Osime said GEC
had struck a strategic partnership with some renowned United Kingdom
universities which are ready to offer admissions to interested Nigerian
students at no extra stress in processing their admissions.
To facilitate the procurement and processing of admission, Osime said five
of these United Kingdom universities would participate in the education fair
that started on October 8 and would end on the 13.
The fair which opened in Kaduna on Monday, would move to Abuja today for two
days and to South, Lagos on October 11 for another two days. The final leg
will be in Ibadan on Saturday, October 13 where the curtain would be drawn
on the fair.
She listed the participating universities as: University of Bedfordshire,
Liverpool, John Moore University, University of Worcester, University of
Hull and University of Debrecen Medical School, Hungary.
On the unique feature of the fair, the GEC director said it would provide
excellent opportunity for potential applicants to meet face-to-face with
admission and counseling officers of the various universities who would hold
talks with them on the courses available in their institutions, verify
certificates submitted by them and give instant admissions to qualified
ones.
She said the admission requirements were same for Nigerian universities, but
added that the sister outfit, Global International College runs foundation
and advance level courses for some of these universities.
She stated that no fewer than 700 Nigerian students had used this medium to
gain admission into United Kingdom varsities.
Also speaking at the occasion, GEC Director of International Studies, Mr
Theo Theodorou, who liases with these universities unfolded the scholarship
opportunities available for indigent but brilliant students at the
universities.
Theodorou disclosed that the new laws in UK now allow foreign students to
work for one year after the completion of their degrees.
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