The United States Embassy through the US Education has advised students on how to make their dreams of studying in the United States of America (USA) realizable. The programme was organized for students of the Deeper Life High School Lagos Campus by the United States Education department in Lagos.
At the opening ceremony, Mr. Emmanuel Eze, the School
Administrator of the Deeper Life High School Lagos Campus said “Deeper Life
High School has produced outstanding students who have studied abroad and
studying in different universities in Nigeria.”
Speaking further, Emmanuel Eze said, “in the last UTME, Umeh
Precious performed excellently well in the year 2023 exam. This year, our
students will score 390 and we are giving it back to back to ensure that our
students top the grade.”
On his part, Mr. Ajala, the Principal of the Senior School
(DLHS) commended the parents for believing in the school to give their
children/wards unmitigated quality education with excellent academic
performance.
While delivering a presentation on, “Five Steps to Studying
Abroad in the US”, Mrs. Chinenye Uwadileke the head of the US Education team
said, “considering an option to study in the United States of America I one of
the best decisions that any student can ever made because I also took that
decision over twenty years ago and I got a full scholarship to study in US.”
Speaking to the students’ participants and their parents on
how to get scholarship to study in US, Chinyere said early application and
meeting up with the scholarship criteria are some information that the
applicants need to make start their studying abroad journey into the US.
She also revealed that the Education USA has funding
opportunity for exceptionally brilliant students who wants to study in the
States, but lack the financial capability to do so or are from indigent
background. She said the Education USA Opportunity Fund Programme
provides full funding and scholarship for anyone who wants to study in US especially
for students who come from humble background.
According to her, students who fall into this category will
get full funding from the United States government. The US government would be
responsible for their visa application fee, flight ticket, feeding and other
expenses. And upon graduation, that person will be able to apply to become
citizen of the United States of America.
In order not to leave the students in doubt about the grey
areas during her presentation especially about how to get full scholarship,
funding and applying for visa, she provides further information on how to apply
for visa through the US Embassy’s website.
During the Question & Answer session, a concerned parent
asked what happens after a student who have completed his/her studies in the US
with full funding. In response to this question, one of the team of the US
Education responded by saying, “when a student gets a full funding to study in
the US, he or she pays nothing back to the USA government after his or
programme.”
The programme participants comprise students of the Deeper
Life High School in the senior secondary category, their parents, invited
guests and the US Education team. The Career programme is a regular feature of
the school to expose their students to different career opportunities and help
them to make the right decision in choosing the right career in their academic
goals and pursuit. The Career programme usually presents them with what to
study, where to study (Nigerian universities and foreign universities), how to
study and when to study. During this robust career exposure, seasoned career
experts and academics are usually invited from the academia, WAEC, JAMB and
education agents representing different foreign universities abroad. The
programme also provides counselling, question & answer and exhibition.
After the programme, the School Admin, Mr. Emmanuel Eze
thanked the students, their parents, the US Education team who participated in
the programme.
