The overall best SS3 graduate from a village secondary school can get into the Nigerian Turkish Nile University (NTNU), Abuja free of charge.
This is because the university has a scholarship scheme that accepts the top products from any secondary school in Nigeria (public or private).
Mr Kamil Kemanci who visited The Nation on Tuesday, added that candidates with Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) scores of over 230; four A1 in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE); a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.5-5.0 (for direct entry); participants in international Olmpiads, winners of professional competitions in sports, arts or other fields, are eligible for the scholarship which can be up to 100 per cent.
“Even if your school is in the village and you come out top best student, you will be given the scholarship. That is a good opportunity for everybody. You may say that JAMB is a difficult exam but if you are best in your school that is it. Of course, you must meet all the requirements of the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC), including passing WAEC and JAMB at the required level,” he said.
Meanwhile, the seven-year old university has started accepting students into its new law faculty as well as the school of postgraduate studies.
The Faculty of Law has two departments: Private and Islamic Law, and Public and International Law; while the Postgraduate School runs programmes under the faculties of Management and social sciences, natural and applied sciences, and engineering.
Kemanci said NTNU began in 2009 because of pressure from parents whose wards have passed through the Nigerian Turkish International Colleges (NTIC).
“We built up the university according to the high demands of parents who said that we are grooming their children from nursery, primary and secondary schools so where is your university. So there was so much pressure on the management to start a university, so we started in 2009,” he said.
