Seoul, South Korea – If you wan shine like obodo boy/girl for Korea, abeg listen up! National Institute for International Education (Niied) don drop bombshell wey go make many padi dem joyful as dem announce say dem go open application for 2026 Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) for undergraduates. E go start from September 15 to October 31, and this time, na online application wey dem dey embrace for the first time.
Before na wahala, students go dey run up and down to embassies to submit dem papers. But now, with the magic of internet, everybody fit just log in for Study in Korea website and submit everything without stress. Naija students, fix your A-game because this scholarship wan carry 280 undergrads go Korea!
And no be small jara dem dey give. Na full scholarship dem dey talk, plus round-trip airfare wey fit make you waka come back to Naija with wahala-free vibes, monthly allowance wey fit help you vibe with your zero-coins friends, and even language training fees. If you sabi Korean like say na your mother tongue, you fit exit language school after e don take 1 year and dem go even dash you 300,000 won (around $215). Talk about sweet deal! (Just dey imagine the kind chop and characters wey you go fit meet for Korea.)
But before you go rush enter, make sure say you fit meet all the criteria. You gats be foreign national wey hold citizenship of countries wey Niied don select. Plus, you no fit pass 25 years as at March 1, 2026, and you must don finish or go soon finish high school or associate degree program. No time to slack, my people!
Plus, Niied don add five new countries to their GKS partner list: South Africa, Madagascar, Syria, Czech Republic, and Cuba. E mean say opportunities dey spread everywhere! Choi Eun-ok, vice minister of education talk say dem wan make sure say international talents fit come study for Korea and shine for their home countries.
GKS don dey run since 1967 and e don support 19,502 students from 161 countries (Chai! Na God go bless dem). So, if you dey think say Korea na your next move, better get your application ready. Dem go carry dem don pick undergraduate scholars for January next year!
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