{"id":849,"date":"2026-09-06T07:09:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T07:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolnews.com.ng\/scholarship\/?p=849"},"modified":"2026-09-06T07:09:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T07:09:28","slug":"delta-state-bursary-dsbsb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schoolnews.com.ng\/scholarship\/delta-state-bursary-dsbsb\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta State Bursary &#038; Scholarship (DSBSB): Eligibility, Amounts &#038; How to Apply"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nigeria","category-undergraduate"],"acf":{"host_country":"Nigeria","host_school":"Approved public tertiary institutions (Delta State Bursary & Scholarship Board)","closing_date":null,"study_type":["Nigerian Student"],"level_of_study":["Undergraduate"],"study_area":["Any\/All fields of study"],"scholarship_value":"Bursary\/scholarship grant by level (amount set yearly by the Board)","description":"<p><strong>Quick answer:<\/strong> The Delta State Bursary and Scholarship Board (DSBSB) pays a yearly bursary to <strong>Delta State indigenes<\/strong> studying full-time in approved tertiary institutions. The official portal states that <strong>registration for the 2026 round has ended<\/strong>. Registration reopens each year at <a href=\"https:\/\/dsbsb.dl.gov.ng\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">dsbsb.dl.gov.ng<\/a>.<\/p><p>The only official charge is the <strong>&#8358;800 non-refundable processing fee<\/strong> paid on the portal. Anyone asking for more is not the Board.<\/p>","eligibility":"<ul><li>Of <strong>Delta State origin<\/strong>, with a valid <strong>National Identification Number (NIN)<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Registered <strong>full-time<\/strong> student in an approved tertiary institution.<\/li><li>Minimum <strong>CGPA of 2.20<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Level: university <strong>200 level and above<\/strong>; polytechnic\/monotechnic <strong>ND II or HND II<\/strong>; college of education <strong>NCE II or III<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Postgraduate students (PGD, Master&rsquo;s, PhD) are <strong>not eligible<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>","official_scholarship_link":"https:\/\/dsbsb.dl.gov.ng\/","additional_info":"<p><strong>How to apply (4 steps on the portal):<\/strong> personal information (name, date of birth, NIN) &rarr; academic details (school and course) &rarr; bank details for payment &rarr; submit and download your acknowledgement card. Support: support@dsbsb.dl.gov.ng. Also see the <a href=\"\/scholarship\/nelfund-student-loan\/\">NELFUND student loan<\/a>, which any Nigerian in a public institution can combine with a state bursary. 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