Kwara State Scholarship Board / Ministry of Tertiary Education

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Kwara State Bursary and Scholarship Award

Kwara State Scholarship Board / Ministry of Tertiary Education, Nigeria

Scholarship overview

The Kwara State Scholarship Board's statutory functions include awarding state scholarships to indigene and merit students in public tertiary institutions in Nigeria, and a bursary award (annual stipend) to Kwara indigenes in all public tertiary institutions across the country. The Board also coordinates interviews and nominations for federal and overseas scholarships.

The Board's current portal page (2025) announces that the Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, approved payment of the 2024/2025 bursary and 2023/2024 scholarship awards to Kwara indigenes in government-owned (state or federal) tertiary institutions.

An earlier notice on the older Board site (2024) covered the 2023/2024 bursary and 2022/2023 scholarship awards and was limited to final-year students.

Award Information

  • Indigene of Kwara State (2025 portal page: students who are Kwara indigenes are eligible).
  • Student in a government-owned (state or federal) tertiary institution.
  • 2024 notice: only final-year students were eligible.
  • Must hold a valid Kwara State Residents Registration Agency (KWASRRA) SSID, a 12-character number on the Resident Card, and pay NAKSS dues.
  • Must have an appropriate Nigerian Identification Number (NIN) slip.

Board site news states the bursary allowance was raised from N5,000 to N10,000.

2025 portal page (2024/2025 bursary and 2023/2024 scholarship): no closing date is published; the scholarship award procedure is marked Coming Soon. 2024 round (older site): applications ran for two weeks from Monday 11 March 2024 and closed Sunday 24 March 2024.

  1. Log on to scholarship.kwarastate.gov.ng.
  2. Log in with your KWASRRA SSID; you cannot log in if you are not registered with KWASRRA.
  3. Fill in bio-data: full name, date of birth, gender and contact details.
  4. Fill in academic details: institution, course of study, year of admission and current level.
  5. Upload the mandatory documents in an accepted format such as PDF, JPEG or PNG.
  6. Review the summary, submit the application and download a copy of your form.

The 2024 round on the older site instead used email registration, email verification, Complete Bursary Form and Uploads, then printing the Bursary Record.

Official links

Documents you will need

  • Passport photograph.
  • Local Government Citizenship Certificate.
  • Valid institutional ID card.
  • Evidence of NAKSS due payment (pay at nakss.org.ng).
  • Valid KWASRRA SSID and NIN slip.
  • 2024 round also required: last session results stamped and signed by the appropriate authority, and admission letter.

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