FEDERAL SCHOLARSHIP BOARD

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

PLOT 245, SAMUEL ADEMULEGUN STREET, (OPPOSITE AREWA SUITES),
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, ABUJA – NIGERIA

2019/2020 COMMONWEALTH SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIP PLAN (CSFP)

NOMINATION INTERVIEW 7TH – 10TH JANUARY, 2019

The Honorable Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu invites all candidates who
had successfully completed the Commonwealth Scholarships and Fellowship Plan (CSFP)
application form via the Electronic Application System (EAS), and fulfilled all necessary
requirements stipulated in the 2019 CSFP Prospectus, to attend Nomination Interview as
scheduled below:

INTERVIEW SCHEDULE
Date & Time Schedule Candidate’s Zone of Origin Venue

Monday Opening Hotels RoseBud,

th
7 January, 2019 Ceremony (former Nanet
10.00 am – 11.30 am Suites), Opp. Fed.
Accreditation All PhD & Masters Candidates
Min. of Justice,
and from North East & South West Abuja
12.30 pm – 6.00 pm
Interview

Tuesday Hotels RoseBud,

Accreditation All PhD & Masters Candidates (former Nanet
8th January, 2019 Suites), Opp. Fed.
and from South East & North Central
Min. of Justice,
9.00 am – 6.00 pm Interview
Abuja

Wednesday Accreditation Hotels RoseBud,

All PhD & Masters Candidates
and (former Nanet
9th January, 2019 from North West & South South
Interview Suites), Opp. Fed.
Min. of Justice,
9.00 am – 6.00 pm
Abuja

Thursday Collation of Minister’s

Conference
10th January, 2019 Scores/Results By the Director/Secretary Room, 1st Floor,
and Federal
FSB, Abuja
Submission of Secretariat,
9.00 am – 6.00 pm Reports Federal Ministry
of Education,
Abuja
 INTERVIEW REQUIREMENTS: iii. No interview will be conducted for
any candidate who fails to attend the
All candidates who successfully submitted
interview on the date scheduled for
the online EAS forms are expected to
their zone of origin;
come with the following documents for
the interview: iv. All Foreign certificates must be
i. Two (2) hard copies of the EAS accompanied by the official English
forms; translation and evaluation;
v. Candidates are advised to monitor the
ii. Evidence of submission of three
progress of their online application to
(3) referees’ reports;
ascertain the status of the referee’s
iii. Evidence of Supporting statement
response before the date of the
from UK Supervisor for PhD only;
interview; and
iv. Original academic transcripts;
vi. Only candidates who chose Federal
v. Original and copy of NYSC
Scholarship Board as their Nominating
discharge/exemption
Agency are to attend the interview.
Certificate;
vi. Two (2) passport size CANDIDATES WITHOUT:
photographs; and (i) A minimum of Second Class Upper
vii. Evidence of any special awards(s), (21) degree
prizes, academic publications and (ii) NYSC discharge/exemption
sample of work certificate; and
(iii) Admission letter from any of the
IMPORTANT NOTES:
UK universities listed in the
i. Candidates must ensure that they
Commonwealth site; need not to
are duly accredited before the
appear for the interview.
interview;
ii. Any candidate without the
requirements mentioned above will
not be accredited for the interview;

For further enquires contact the Director/Secretary, Federal Scholarship Board via
fsbfsb2011@gmail.com / fsbcw@education.gov.ng or call 08059108998,
08188862281 and 08077884475

Arc. Sonny S.T. Echono, fnia

Permanent Secretary
Federal Ministry of Education