The United States Embassy in Nairobi has announced a plan to offer scholarships to 2018 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) top performers.
The Embassy says it will give scholarships to 40 students who scored A- and above under the EducationUSA Scholars Program (ESP).
“Our (Education) office seeks to identify and recruit 40 academically strong Kenyan students who scored A- and above in the 2018 KCSE, to join the EducationUSA Scholars Program (ESP),” the embassy says in a statement on its website.
Interested candidates have until February 18th, 2019 to apply for the scholarships and must have scored at least an A- in both Mathematics and English as well as demonstrate strong leadership skills.
Selected candidates will get free membership to the EducationUSA Advising Centers located in Nairobi, Nakuru, and Mombasa.
“The program is not limited geographically; however, students must be able to reach our offices in Nairobi, Nakuru or Mombasa as required for full participation.”
The ESP takes students through training sessions in order to help them make applications for admission and financial aid to prestigious US universities.
“Students will work with the EducationUSA Adviser and interns in 2019/2020 to try and secure admission and financial aid from U.S. universities. Admitted students will begin their studies in the U.S. in August 2020,” reads the statement.
Applicants must also submit letters of recommendation and personal statements.
“Applying to highly selective universities and for scholarships requires excellent secondary school grades. The SAT and the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) are required for most applicants, as are letters of recommendation and personal statements,” reads the statement.
This may sound like charity…
This may sound like charity but it is really not. For one, Kenyans lose too much money on non- refundable visa application fees yearly enough to educate the applicants for free for years and years. Two this will result in serious brain drain and I mean the top cream. I hope one day,Kenya will have a government that recognizes the great and diverse source of knowledge diasporians possess to take the country to the next level.
@Mugikuyu i feel you bratha!…
@Mugikuyu i feel you bratha! but we the stupid blacks love the to follow,worship the mzungu way of life.We got brainwashed n our minds raped that u can only make it in majuu?From followings the foreign white gods from pope,mary,jesus of israel?Yes our leaders r the biggest problem n they don’t put our pple first by introducing the good stuffs,good environment for our pple here in Africa or kenya but remember they r the biggest brainwashed by the mzungu way big time.Why have we allowed the usa/uk embassy to bring corruption in our country juu ur denied visa within 2/3 minutes yet umepeana 12k which u don’t get refunded,wangekuwa wanarefund atleast 1/2 of the amount???To me they should introduce laws which will protect kenyans or close those embassy’s juu this embassy’s r corrupt??Some rumours were treading saying that the usa embassy in gigiri was build by kenyans who visits there for visasa.In a day 300 kenyans will go there but less that 5 r given visasa.So waafrica we remain brainwashed raped in our minds by wazungu way n until we wake up we will forever remain the same.Another Q is why do usa know that we don’t know about when this thugs wants to hit us???
Kenyan’s, before accepting…
Kenyan’s, before accepting those foreign scholarships do your homework. We have many Kenyans who have accepted scholarships before. Engineers and all others. Find out how their story began and where their story ended. Go further and find out the same story of their friends who remained in Kenya. Then make an informed decision whether or not to accept those scholarships. This is the information age. Talk to your fellow Kenyans abroad, then decide.