Sterling Bank Plc Grow with Sterling Program 2022

Sterling Bank Plc "Your one-customer bank" is a full service national commercial bank in Nigeria. In over 50 years of operations, Sterling Bank (formerly NAL Bank) has evolved from the nation’s pre-eminent investment banking institution to a fully-fledged commercial bank; and completed a merger with 4 other banks - Indo-Nigeria Merchant Bank, Magnum Trust Bank, NBM Bank and Trust Bank of Africa - as part of the 2006 consolidation of the Nigerian banking industry.

Applications are invited for:

Title: Grow with Sterling Program

Location: Nigeria

Description

• The program is designed to transform the employment market; to attract, train and retain the best talents for the industry. It is a parallel, market-fit education path, targeted at qualified secondary school graduates
• This program is exclusively for Nigerian Secondary School leavers like you who meet the requirements for the program.

About the Program

• Driven by our purpose to enrich lives and promote the quality of education for the average Nigerian youth, Sterling Bank introduced the “Grow with Sterling” initiative.  
• Grow with Sterling is a social impact program that will enable Nigerian Secondary School Leavers further their education under a partnership arrangement between Sterling and Nexford University.
• As a first of its kind, this set of Learners will also have the opportunity to be fully engaged by Sterling under a “Work-Study” arrangement for the duration of their programme with Nexford University.
• Kickstart your career at Sterling Bank with a work-study scholarship. Apply what you learn, and earn a wage as you earn a Bachelor's Degree.

Eligibility
To be eligible, you must:

• Be a Nigerian living in Nigeria
• Have five credits including English and Mathematics at ‘O’ levels or its equivalent
• Provide a strong guarantor from your parents or guardian
• Not have a Bachelor’s degree and not be enrolled in any tertiary institution in Nigeria or abroad.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

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Application Instruction
Your application is a formal request to be considered for the Grow with Sterling Work-study scholarship. To apply, you will need to complete the application and provide:

• A 150-word essay answering the question “why should you be considered for the Grow with Sterling Scholarship? (150 words maximum)
• Secondary school certificate (WAEC, NECO, or GCE)
• Government-issued ID or passport
• Other relevant certificates.

Selection Process

• Within seven days after submitting your scholarship application, the team will contact you via email to let you know that you have been shortlisted.
• The screening process for shortlisted applicants includes the following:
  • O level screening
  • Speed test
  • Interview
  • You would be required to submit the following documents including a parent’s valid means of ID, a sponsor’s valid means of ID, and a guarantor’s valid means of ID.
• Within two weeks, successful applicants will receive a scholarship decision via email from the team. If your scholarship application is approved, you will receive an email from the team which would include a unique tuition code that would give you an 85% scholarship towards your monthly tuition. Please note that you would require this code to enroll for your program.