NIIT to subsidise scholarship fees

Mrs Onyedikachi Aruma, Head, Kaduna Centre of
NIIT says the organisation will subsidise its
scholarship fees to expand Information
Technology opportunities to all Nigerians.
Aruma told the Newsmen in Kaduna on Monday
that NIIT’s 18th National Scholarship Scheme
for Nigerians who were interested in IT skills had
begun.
She said that the NIIT partial scholarship was an
annual event and open to all interested persons
in its Kaduna and Abuja centres.
According to her, to enjoy the partial
scholarship, candidates will write an
examination scheduled for July 15.
“The scheme is performance based. What you
score in the examination would determine the
discount you get as fees. What this means is
that, the higher your scores the higher your
discount,’’ she said.
Aruma said candidates had the liberty to choose
from different IT programmes such as Oracle,
Software Engineering, Network Engineering, Java
and Web Development, among others.
She said that the training would last from four
months to two years, depending on the
progranme, noting that registration for the
scholarship examination was ongoing, but
would closed on July 13.
“Registrations forms are available in our Kaduna
and Abuja centres for free or you can register
online at www.niit.com/nigeria.
“Our main goal is to give back to our host
community, particularly as ICT is currently the
driver of global economy,’’ she explained.
NIIT Ltd.is an Indian Multinational company that
offers learning management and training delivery
solutions to corporations, institutions and
individuals.
It claims that since its establishment in Nigeria
in 1999 with offices in Abuja and Kaduna, it has
trained more than 16,000 students annually and
shaped the career of 160,000 students in the
past 16 years.