The management of N-Youth Sports Academy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Federal Ministry of Sports and Youth Development and the Nigerian Tulip International Colleges (NTIC).
The partnership is to help young teenage athletes actualise their dreams in sporting activities while their academic progress and fulfillment are also well taken care of.
N-Youth Sports Academy is a training centre, aimed at equipping young athletes with the most excellent proficiency of sports.
The management of the academy said: “So far, it has offered admission to 20 student-athletes on 100% full – ride scholarships, and they have access to quality education at Nigerian Tulip International Colleges with their feeding and accommodation well catered for.”
The field of sports, according to them include, football, basketball, athletics, taekwondo, swimming and tennis.
It added, “The academy provides two types of scholarship schemes. These are; The first category of scholarship is the collaboration between the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Nigerian Tulip International Colleges and the academy. This provides a 100% scheme to the student-athlete(players).
“The second category is the sports scholarship. This is a kind of merit award for students who excel at their sport. The aim of these scholarships is to offset the costs of sporting activities, material and other costs that will hinder the performance and success story of the player/athlete.
“It is also 100% as it relates to sports. Under the second scheme, we have over 200 athletes/players across the field of sports.
“It is worthy to mention that, some student – athletes are offered scholarships into tertiary institutions based on prerequisites and excellent academic and sport performance within and outside Nigeria. These are: Prince Edwards University, Egypt. (42,300 USD). Ryerson University, Egypt (52,000 USD just to mention but a few.”
