National agencies nominate candidates for Commonwealth Masters and PhD Scholarships (for least developed countries and fragile states). Below are the contact details of the agencies who are invited to nominate for these scholarships. Each nominating agency may have their own eligibility criteria and selection processes, please refer any queries regarding application directly to the nominating agency.
Antigua and Barbuda
Director of Education
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
Government Complex
Queen Elizabeth Highway
St John’s
Antigua and Barbuda
Tel: +1 268 462 4959
Fax: +1 268 462 4970
education.gov.ag
Bangladesh
Joint Secretary
University Grants Commission, Bangladesh
UGC Bhaban, Plot No: 18/A, Agargon Administrative Area
Sher-E-Bangla Nagar
Dhakar-1207, Bangladesh
Tel: +880 258160106
Email: secretaryugc@yahoo.com
www.shed.gov.bd
Belize
Rolando Zetina
Chief Executive Officer
Ministry of Public Service, Constitutional and Political Reform,
Ground Floor, Sir Edney Cain Building, Belmopan
Tel: +501 828 4204
Email: CEO.Secretary@mps.gov.bz
www.public.service.gov.bz
www.belize.gov.bz
Botswana
Acting Chief Education Officer
Department of Tertiary Education Financing
Ministry of Tertiary Education, Research, Science and Technology
(postal address)
Private Bag 0079
Gaborone
Botswana
(physical address)
37893 Universal Estate
Block 6
Gaborone
Botswana
Tel: +267 3719314
Fax: +267 3191641
Email: kelmmopi@gov.bw
Cameroon
Director
Ministry of Higher Education (MINESUP)
Department of Assistance and University Welfare
PO Box 1457
Yaoundé
Cameroon
Tel: +237 23 10 01
Fax: +237 23 97 24
www.minesup.gov.cm (this site may take some time to load; if it fails to load, please try again)
Dominica
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development
Government Headquarters
Kennedy Avenue
Roseau
Dominica
Tel: +1 767 266 3256
Fax: +1 767 448 0644
Email: pseducation@dominica.gov.dm
www.dominica.gov.dm
Eswatini
Ms Senza Bhembe
Under Secretary – Human Resource Development
Office 211, Second Floor, Finance Building
Department of Human Resource Development
Ministry of Public Service
Tel: +268 2404 3521/5
Email: senzabhembe@gmail.com
www.gov.sz
Fiji
Administrative Officer
Tertiary Scholarships and Loans Board
26 Mac Gregor Road
Fiji Nursing Association Building
Suva
Fiji
Tel: +679 892 1240
Email: SChand@tsls.com.fj
www.tsls.com.fj
Ghana
Mr. Joseph Essah
Coordinator of Scholarships Awards
Ghana Scholarships Secretariat
P.O. Box M75
Accra
Ghana
Tel: +233 243441712
Email: joseph.essah@yahoo.com
www.scholarships.gov.gh
Grenada
Mr Norman Gilbert
Permanent Secretary (AG)
Human Resource Development
Religious Affairs, And Information
Sir Eric Gairy Botanical Gardens Complex
Tanteen
St. George’s
Grenada, W.I.
Tel: 1-473-440-2737/8 Exts. 27104/5/6/7/8
Email: scholarshipdesk@gmail.com
www.gov.gd
Guyana
Soyinka Grogan
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Public Service
164 Waterloo Street
North Cummingsburg
Georgetown
Guyana
Tel: +592 226 6528
Email: ps@mps.gov.gy
www.mps.gov.gy
India
Mr Santosh Kumar
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
Ministry of Education
West Block -1, Wing -6, 2nd Floor
R.K. Puram, New Delhi – 110066
India
Tel: +91 11 261 72917
Email: santoshkumar73@nic.in
www.education.gov.in/en/scholarships
Jamaica
Donovan Leon
Chief Workforce Training Officer
Ministry of Finance and the Public Service
30 National Heroes Circle
Kingston 4
Jamaica
Email: scholarships@mof.gov.jm
Donovan.Leon@mof.gov.jm
Tel: +1 876 922 8600 12
www.mof.gov.jm/scholarships
Kenya
Ministry of Education
PO Box 30040-00100
Nairobi
Kenya
Email: info@education.go.ke
www.education.go.ke
Kiribati
Secretary for the Public Service Office
Ritite Tekiau
Public Service Office
P.O. Box 68
Bairiki, Tarawa
Tel: 686 750 22789
www.pso.gov.ki
Lesotho
Director
National Manpower Development Secretariat
PO Box 517
Maseru 100
Lesotho
Tel: +266 22 323 842
Fax: +266 22 310 511
Malawi
Rose Maleta
Deputy Director of HR
Department of Human Resource Management and Development
PO Box 30227
Malawi
Tel: +265 1 789 522
Email: rosmaleta@gmail.com
www.humanresources.gov.mw
Malaysia
The Malaysia national nominating agency has confirmed that they will not be nominating candidates for 2022 Commonwealth Scholarships. Applications from Malaysian candidates will not be considered.
Maldives
Ibrahim Ali
Assistant Director of Scholarship Section, Ministry of Higher Education
Fen Building,
2nd Floor,
Ameenee Magu,
K.Male
Tel: +3026950
Email: Ibrahim.ali@mohe.gov.mv
www.mohe.gov.mv
Mauritius
Senior Chief Executive
Ministry of Education and Human Resources, Tertiary Education and Scientific Research
1st Floor, MITD House
Pont Fer
Phoenix 73544
Mauritius
Tel: +230 696 1584
Email: scholarships@govmu.org
education.govmu.org
Montserrat
Cheverlyn Williams – Kirnon
Chief Human Resources Officer
Human Resources Management Unit
Government Headquarters
Brades
Montserrat, MSR 1110
Tel: +664 491 2693/2365
Fax: +664 491 6234
Email: training.HRMU@gov.ms
Mozambique
Director General
Institute of Scholarship
Ministry of Education and Human Development
Avenida Martires da Machava No 231
Maputo
Mozambique
Tel: +258 (21) 488826
Email: info@ibe.gov.mz
www.IBE.gov.mz
Namibia
Joseph Nangolo
Award Officer
Erosweg
NSFAF Head Office
Eros
Windhoek
Namibia
Tel: 061 434 6063
Email: joseph.mangolo@nsfaf.na
Nauru
Acting Secretary for Education
Ena District,
Republic of Nauru
Tel: +674 557 3043
Email: sabrina.caleb@gmail.com
Nigeria
Federal Scholarship Board, Abuja
Scholarship Administration
Plot 245 Samuel Ademulegun Street
Opposite Arewa Suite
Central Business District
Abuja
Nigeria
Tel: +234 812 6803 658 / +234 9082454557
Email: fsb@education.gov.ng
www.education.gov.ng
Pakistan
Hasnat Sher
Assistant Director
Higher Education Commission
Government of Pakistan
Head Office, Sector H-9, East Service Road,
Islamabad
Pakistan
Tel: +92 51 90808029
Email: hsher@hec.gov.pk
www.hec.gov.pk
Papua New Guinea
Principal Advisor
Department of Personnel Management
PO Box 519
Waigani, 131, NCD
Papua New Guinea
Tel: +675 327 6379/6422/6447
Fax: +675 325 0520
www.dpm.gov.pg
Rwanda
Desire Gacinya
Director of Loan/Bursary and Fund Management
Higher Education Council
MINEDUC Building, Kacyiru
Kigali
Rwanda
Tel: +250788424250
Email: tgasangwa@hec.gov.rw
www.hec.gov.rw
St Helena
Wendy C. Benjamin
Director of Education, skills and Employment
Education Learning Centre
Market Street
James Town
STHL 1ZZ
St Helena
Tel: +290 22607
Fax: +290 2461
Email: wendy.benjamin@sainthelena.gov.sh
www.sainthelena.gov.sh/education-and-employment/
St Lucia
Permanent Secretary
Department of Education, Innovation and Gender Relations
4th Floor, Francis Compton Building
The Waterfront
Castries
St Lucia
Tel: +1 758 468 5207
Fax: +1 758 453 2299
Email: pssecretaryed@education.gov.lc
www.govt.lc/scholarships
St Vincent and The Grenadines
Chief Personnel Officer
Service Commissions Department
2nd Floor, Ministerial Building
Halifax Street
Kingstown
St Vincent and The Grenadines
Tel: +1 784 456 1690
Fax: +1 784 457 2638
Email: servicecommissions@gov.vc
www.psc.gov.vc
Samoa
Ms Sarona Esera
Assistant CEO-Human Resource Development Services
c/o Samoa Public Service Commission
Level 2, Government Building FMFMII
Apia
Samoa
Tel: +685 22123/22124
Email: sesera@psc.gov.ws / hrd@psc.gov.ws
www.psc.gov.ws
Sierra Leone
Chief Technical Higher Education Officer
Ministry of Technical & Higher Education
New England
Freetown
Sierra Leone
Email: josephus.brimah@mthe.gov.sl
www.mthe.gov.sl
Solomon Islands
Curtis Kalu
Director, National Scholarships Division
Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development
PO Box G28
Honiara
Solomon Islands
Tel: +677 24229
Fax: +677 22042
Email: ckalu@sitesa.gov.sb
www.mehrd.gov.sb
South Africa
Kealeboga Letlhaku
Deputy Director, Scholarships Management
123 Francis Baard Street
Pretoria, 0002
South Africa
Tel: +27 12 312 5094
Email: internationalscholarships@dhet.gov.za
www.internationalscholarships.dhet.gov.za
Sri Lanka
Mr. A. K. Seneviratne
Additional Secretary (Development)
Ministry of Higher Education
No 18, Ward Place
Colombo 07
Sri Lanka
Tel: +94 11 268 8621
Email: addsec-dev@mohe.gov.lk
www.mohe.gov.lk
Tanzania
Prof. James E. Mdoe
Deputy Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
University of Dodoma
PO Box 10
Dodoma
Tanzania
Tel: +255 754 269 947
Email: mdoejames@gmail.com
www.moe.go.tz
The Gambia
Mengeh Jaiteh
Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology
Opposite GCCI Building
Senegamba Highway
Bijilo
The Gambia
Tel: +220 768 3742
Email: jaitehcaba@gmail.com
www.moherst.gov.gm
Tonga
S. Pelenaise Telefoni
Scholarships Officer
Government Scholarships Office
Ministry of Education and Training
Vuna Road
Nuku’alofa
Tonga
Tel: +676 7400943
Email: sptelefoni@gmail.com
www.gov.to
Tuvalu
Human Resource Training & Development Manager
Department of Human Resource
Office of the Prime Minister
Vaiaku
Funafuti
Tuvalu
Tel: +688 20110, ext 3002
Fax: +688 20819
Email: training@tuvalu.tv
Uganda
Nellie Florence Okullo
Assistant Commissioner
Ministry of Education and Sports
PO Box 7063
Kampala
Uganda
Tel: +256 776 62 67 08
Email: nelflo10@gmail.com
www.education.go.ug
Vanuatu
Paul Hillman
Senior Scholarships Officer
Training & Scholarships Coordination Unit (TSCU)
Ministry of Education and Training
Private Mailbag 9059
Port Vila
Vanuatu
Tel: +678 32495
Email: philliman@vanuatu.gov.vu
www.scholarships.gov.vu
Zambia
Ireen Nayame Chirwa
Chief Executive Officer
Higher Education Loans and Scholarships Board
2nd Floor United Church House No.8
Mosi Oatunya Road
PO Box 50464
Lusaka
Zambia
Tel: +260 211250726
Email: ireen.chirwa@helsb.gov.zm
www.helsb.gov.zm
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