FAQS
To Register or Apply for awards
How to Complete Application Form
How to Scan And Upload pdf
Documents
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HOW DO I GET TO THE VERIFICATION PAGE
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I CANNOT REMEMBER MY AWARD YEAR
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I CHANGED MY INSTITUTION/COURSE
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THE SYSTEM HAS “NO ACCOUNT #” AGAINST MY NAME
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I WANT TO CHANGE MY BANK DETAILS
To Register or Apply For Awards
To Register or
apply for awards, the candidate is required to:
- Click on the Apply
Here Hyperlink. This link directs the applicant to the online
Registration form.
- The online registration form
must be fully completed (i.e. all asterisks (*) fields must be duly
completed.
How to Complete Application Form?
To successfully
complete your application form,
·
You must complete (fill) all compulsory fields
(fields with (*)).
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After duly completing such fields, you can click on
the submit button
·
Clicking the submit
button displays a confirmation page for you to confirm all the data you have
filled into the form.
·
To
reset your entries in the Registration
page, click on the Reset button.
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On the
confirmation page, you have an Edit
button; clicking on the Edit
button takes you back to the application form to edit your entries on it.
How to Scan and upload pdf Documents?
If you are using HP Scanjet or any HP Scanner
i.
Load HP
Director
ii.
Click Settings
| Scan Document Settings and make the following changes:
|
Scan for: Image Type |
Resolution |
Output Type |
|
Text & Graphic(s) as Image |
75 |
Millions of colors (24-bit) |
|
Text as image |
75 |
Millions of colors (24-bit) |
iii.
Click Apply
and Click Ok
iv.
On the HP
Director window click Scan Document
v.
Select
the following Options
|
Options |
Choice |
|
Scan for editable text (OCR)? |
No |
|
Original contains graphics |
Yes |
|
Scan to: |
Save to File |
vi.
Click Scan
and wait for scanner to scan. After scanning it will display a message asking
if you want to scan another document?
vii.
Click Yes if
you want to scan other documents. Load the document in the scanner and click New
Scan. The document in the scanner will be previewed on the screen. Click Accept.
viii.
When
you are through with scanning all your documents, Click No and wait for
the Save As Window to appear.
ix.
In the Save
as window, type in a file name in the File name Box, and select PDF(*.pdf) in the Save as Type
Box. Please note the folder where you want to save the document
x.
Click
Save
How to upload
Photos?
- After duly completing your
application and confirming your entries on the confirmation page,
- You can click on the Continue button to proceed to
upload your photos.
(Note your
passport sized photo would have been scanned and saved)
- Click Browse to find the folder where your photo is located and open
the photo.
- Click on the upload button to upload the
selected photo.
NOTE: The size of photo to be uploaded is not
expected to exceed 10kb in (.jpg) format.
On successful
submission of application, a Register
Successful page is displayed and an email is sent to the email address
entered (filled) in the application form.
The Email sent to
an applicant’s email address as completed in the submitted form has the
following.
a)
The user ID and Password of the user.
b)
A message indicating successful completion of
application form and a confirmation of receipt of application for processing
and short listing.
c)
Candidates are
advised to check both inbox and bulk folder messages.
To exit an
application, click on the SIGN OUT
button on the menu bar.
HOW
DO I GET TO THE VERIFICATION PAGE: Log on to http://scholarships.totalsdd.com
then click on the hyperlink “MIGRATION
TO ESMS: Verify my record.”
This will lead you to an Edit Student Data web page.
HOW
DO I CHECK FOR MY NAME? On the Edit Student Data web page, Click on
the Select Institution drop down list to select your institution, also click on
the Select Award year drop down list box to select the year you were awarded
the scholarship, then click on the search button.
I
CANNOT REMEMBER MY AWARD YEAR: On the Edit
Student Data web page click on the Select award year drop down list box and
choose show all after you have selected your institution then click on the
search button.
I
CHANGED INSTITUTION/COURSE: You can proceed to correct the change of
Institution/course but other changes like duration of course and level can not
be changed since this will lead to the extension of the award and in such case
you need to apply giving proof of change for consideration.
THE
SYSTEM HAS NO ACCOUNT # AGAINST MY NAME: This is
because your account number is not in our database and as such you can not
verify your data. Send your account details to us with your name and email
address and other details so that it can be uploaded into the database.
I
WANT TO CHANGE MY BANK DETAILS: You
can not change your bank details yourself. To do so apply to
us to effect the change for you giving us your correct details.
I
CAN NOT LOG IN
: The
system displays “your record does not exist in our database. Ensure that you are
properly registered.” If you are sure you have entered your correct
details, then apply by sending your correct bank account details, pin no, name,
email to scholarshipinfo@totalsdd.com
WHAT
DO I DO AFTER LOG IN: Verify your details, after which you click
on the verification done button at the bottom of the page.