{"id":82883,"date":"2021-09-16T08:14:29","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T07:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=82883"},"modified":"2021-09-16T08:14:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T07:14:29","slug":"uk-records-125-increase-in-sponsored-study-grants-for-nigerians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/16\/uk-records-125-increase-in-sponsored-study-grants-for-nigerians\/","title":{"rendered":"UK records 125% increase in sponsored study grants for Nigerians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>United Kingdom has increased the number of Nigerian students granted sponsored study visas by over 100 percent in one year.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2021\/why-do-people-come-to-the-uk-to-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to the UK government<\/a><\/strong>, Nigeria accounts for 25 percent of the total number of foreign nationals who are on scholarships in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The number of Nigerian students in the UK who received sponsored grants doubled by 125 percent with over 11,000 study visas granted within the period under review within a year \u2014 June 2020 to June 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The UK government said, in June 2020, the number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/07\/07\/bethel-baptist-school-un-reacts-to-abduction-of-nigerian-students-tasks-govt\/\">Nigerian students<\/a> was 9,066, but by June 2021, the figure rose to 20,427.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of percentage increase, Nigeria has the third highest number of nationalities on sponsored visa grants, after China and India.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile many nationalities saw decreases in Sponsored study grants in the latest year, some experienced substantial increases,\u201d information from the UK government website reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigerian nationals continue to see an increase in Sponsored Study grants compared to the previous year, increasing to a record high of 20,427, making them the third largest nationality group granted Sponsored study visas this year, an increase of 11,361 (+125%) on the year ending June 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the second largest increase in numbers of grants, after Indian nationals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the year ending June 2021, three nationalities accounted for more than two thirds (72%) of Sponsored study dependants: India (39%), Nigeria (25%), and Saudi Arabia (9%).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite having more Sponsored study visas granted than any other single country, China only had 266 dependants granted a visa in this route, less than 1% the total dependants granted, and less than 0.3% of the total grants for Chinese nationals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the US saw a decline in the number of its students going to study in the UK on scholarships, after it recorded a 25 percent decrease.<\/p>\n<div>China still has the highest number of students on UK scholarships with 95,408 in June 2021, compared to 86,651 as of June 2020.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United Kingdom has increased the number of Nigerian students granted sponsored study visas by over 100 percent in one year. 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