The Ekiti State Government, in its efforts to encourage academic excellence and alleviate the financial burden of its brilliant students from the Senior Secondary Schools to tertiary institutions has instituted a virile Scholarship in 2008. The programme is unprecedented since the inception in Ekiti-State. The law establishing the Ekiti State Scholarship Board came into being on 27th January, 2008. The Policy thrust of the State Government is to revamp education by encouraging academic competitions among its brilliant students through the award of scholarship. Ekiti State is nicknamed "Land of Honour", therefore, the State Government has the conviction that the best performing students at all levels of education should have access to education without financial hinderance. The Scholarship Scheme is designed for Senior Secondary School students who excel in the competitive examination organized by the Ekiti State Scholarship Board/ Challengers Series Examination. Qualified students who are already pursuing various courses in their Second year and above in Colleges of Education, Universities and Polytechnics (HND 1&2) in Nigeria. Scholarship opportunities are also open to brilliant students pursuing Master's Degree and Ph.D in Nigeria