The British Council has invited applications for the British Council IElTS Scholarship Award 2014. Eight successful winners will receive an award of `3,00,000 each towards the cost of tuition fees for pursuing full-time programme at an overseas university which uses International English language Testing System (IElTS) (IElTS) as part of their admission process.
A candidate who is eligible for the scholarship must be a resident and citizen of India and must have taken the IElTS test with the British Council recently. Besides, he or she must have a minimum overall IElTS band score of 6.0 and would produce a valid letter of acceptance or offer letter from a recognised overseas education institution in which he intends to begin an under-graduate or post-graduate programme in the 2014 academic year. Application forms are available on the website www.britishcouncil.in/exams/ielts/scholarships. The last date for filing of applications is June 30.