{"id":107022,"date":"2023-08-16T17:46:31","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T16:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=107022"},"modified":"2023-08-16T17:46:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T16:46:31","slug":"forex-crisis-tetfund-mulls-suspension-of-overseas-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/forex-crisis-tetfund-mulls-suspension-of-overseas-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Forex crisis: TETFund mulls suspension of overseas scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Tertiary Education Trust Fund has said the recent monetary policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria has created difficulties in the payment of foreign scholarship tuition and stipends.<\/p>\n<p>The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, disclosed this at a one-day Stakeholders\u2019 Engagement on Emerging Issues with the TETFund Intervention in Abuja on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Echono said since the fund\u2019s allocation was barely enough to service programmes under its Tertiary Scholarship for Academic Staff, the fund was considering suspending foreign scholarships while also considering an upward review of local scholarships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThe Fund at this material time is also discouraging beneficiary institutions from initiating new Benchwork programmes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dAdditionally, there are issues related to scholars not returning to serve their bonds at their home institutions upon completion of their programmes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dIn fact, the challenge of scholars absconding has undermined and complicated the TSAS programme and bringing it under intense scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dIt is for these and other reasons that this engagement was organised. 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