Orientation for Nigerian students

Students resuming in various universities in the United States were privileged to benefit from an orientation programme organised by The EducationUSA office at the Public Affairs Section of United States Consulate General, Lagos recently.

The students, some of whom have scholarships to attend prestigious universities like Harvard, MIT, Duke, University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, University of California at Berkley and Tufts University, learnt about succeeding as an undergraduate and graduate student and returning to Nigeria to contribute to nation building from Nigerians who are alumni of US universities.

A statement by the EducationUSA noted that in the past three years, students in Lagos and environs “have obtained over $7,000,000 in scholarships to study in the United States”.

The EducationUSA office offers Nigerian students access to accurate, comprehensive and current information about educational institutions in the United States.

In addition to providing free counseling sessions on Wednesdays, the office runs a fee-based membership programme. In addition, EducationUSA offers free services to academically excellent, indigent students through the United States Student Achievers Program (USAP) and the Opportunity Program.