HOW TO WIN THE RUTH TITILAYO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (RTEF) SCHOLARSHIP 2025

The Ruth Titilayo Educational Foundation (RTEF) was founded in loving memory of Late Mrs Ruth Titilayo (Iya Taiwo) who was born in 1952, attended Abeokuta Girls Grammar School and the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. She was very passionate about education and was even more passionate about helping the less privileged. The foundation was established on the 20th anniversary of her death at 50, with the core tenets of the foundation centralized on helping others.

The vision of the Ruth Titilayo Foundation is to ensure that every child has access to quality education, even in the most disadvantaged communities. It is it’s belief that education is the key to unlocking a child’s full potential, and their purpose underpins everything done by the foundation. The vision of the foundation is also to bring affordable education to everyone, regardless of their background or circumstances with the belief that education should not be a privilege reserved for a select few, but a basic human right that should be accessible to all.

It is on this premise that the Ruth Titilayo Educational Foundation scholarship was established two years ago as part of the foundation’s vision to help the underprivileged and well deserving students in the society. The scholarship program comprises of Secondary school, undergraduate, postgraduate and vocational scholarships.

This scholarship is highly competitive. This is factual as according to the foundation’s website, out of 6670 applicants, only 84 have so far been successful to be conferred with the foundation’s scholarship. This emphasizes the necessity of every applicant putting in their best foot throughout the application process.

Here we’ll be guiding you through the process of the scholarship application and the details you need to know:

• The Application stage:

The application window for this year opens on the 1st of October 2024. At this stage, the application form will be made available for applicants to put in their personal information, upload supporting documents such as Statement of Purpose (SOP), Letters of recommendations, Academic transcripts, Means of identification amongst others.

For your statement of purpose (SOP), It is important that you demonstrate financial need whilst also highlighting your academic and extracurricular awards/achievements. This is because the scholarship prioritizes students from disadvantaged communities who are still high rising and undeterred by their financial struggles. Be creative with your writing and pay attention to originality. Use of A.I will automatically disqualify you from the scholarship.

For the supporting documents, ensure they are clear, legible and accurate as any inaccuracy will hamper with your application success.

• The Aptitude Test Stage:

At the end of the application stage, applicants whose applications were successful will be notified via mail informing them of their success and notifying them of the aptitude test. This aptitude test is computer based (CBT) and can be taken from the comfort of your home using a mobile phone, a tablet or a laptop.

This aptitude test will mainly cover Mathematics and General studies to test the critical reasoning and analytic qualities of the applicants. This aptitude test usually lasts for an average of 20 minutes. To ace this, you are advised to brush up on your basic school mathematics like ratios, proportions and word problems involving these topics. You are also advised to revise on General studies. A key factor of this aptitude test is speed and accuracy. If you can, take practice quizzes to test your speed and as a means of preparation.

Due to the competitiveness of the scholarship, applicants who score below average in the aptitude test are automatically screened out and also applicants who fall below the standard deviation score are also screened out.

in the event of success in the aptitude test, successful applicants will once again be notified of success via mail. At this point, you will be required to schedule an interview date. Applicants will have three slots to fit their schedule considerations in the interview. Always reply your emails promptly.

• The Interview Stage:

This is the last stage of the scholarship process. Here you will be interviewed by the committee to ascertain your suitability for the scholarship. Be confident, Dress properly and formally as it shows respect to the scholarship body, Be honest in your answers and let your story flow reflecting your academic journey, your struggles and how you have battled to be at where you are and still achieving academic excellence.

Be sure to always ask insightful questions when given the chance as it shows qualities of a learned student.

At the end of the interview stage, successful candidates will be contacted with a congratulatory message confirming the award of the scholarship.

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