The Federal Ministry of Education yesterday debunked an alleged plan by the federal government to repatriate scholars under the Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) abroad and reintegrate them into Nigerian universities following the government’s cancellation of the programme.
The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa had announced the cancellation of the scholarship programme, explaining however, that the cancellation would not affect students who were already running the programme in various countries abroad.
But the parents of the scholars were shocked last Friday when an X account that cloned that of the Federal Scholarship Board of Nigeria, indicated that the education minister, had finalised discussions with the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the National Universities Commission (NUC) on the placement of BEA scholars in various institutions abroad into the Nigerian system following the cancellation of the programme.