IT firm grants foreign scholarship to 14 Nigerian students

Over 5,000 Nigerian students attended this year’s Aptech Career Quest, held recently by the IT firm across 15 Nigerian cities.

In Lagos, where the International Business Head for Middle East and Africa, from Aptech Computer Education, Mumbai-India, Mr Seetam Thakuri, superintended the event, 14 of 34 students were given scholarships to study in Middlesex University. Each scholarship is worth 7,500 pounds.

According to statistics, National Bureau of Statistics, Information and Communication Technology Sector in Nigeria contributes to about 18.44 percent of the nation’s GDP as of 2022.

Aptech has over 23 years contributed to this, by training more than seven million students globally and over 100,000 in Nigeria at its 45 centres. It has also made investment impacts in the lives of over 10,000 Nigerians and Africans, through training in infotech and Hitech.

The firm is the first IT Training and Education company to get its certification for Education Support Services in 1993, Aptech Computer Education has globally trained over 6.5 million students. It also has a presence in more than 40 emerging countries through its two main streams of businesses; Individual training and Enterprise Business.

Upon completion of Aptech’s Flagship Career Programmes: Advanced Diploma in Software Engineering (ADSE) and Aptech Certified Network Specialist (ACNS), students are offered the opportunity to study abroad, during the final year of their BSc. Degree at Middlesex University London’s campuses. This enables students to pursue an international degree through a credit transfer facility.

Mr. Singal noted that Aptech’s main objectives are to teach, deliver and train students in order to make them become computer literate.
He added that the basic reason for doing this is to make the students industry-relevant so that they’re able to do well in their education and chosen careers.
“We prepare students and the candidates that we have so that they meet the industry standards.
“Our main focus is to deliver, create and train students in the best, the latest and contemporary IT technologies. That’s our main focus and objectives at ApTech, which we have been doing for over 23 years now.”

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