I82 Tertiary, vocational students receive scholarships
The Asene-Manso-Akroso District Assembly and the Asene-Manso-Akroso Education and Social Intervention Fund have awarded scholarships worth GH₵161,500 to 82 tertiary and 100 vocational students for the 2019/2020 academic year.
Of the tertiary students, the assembly is sponsoring 56, while the fund is catering for 21, with the remaining five students being taken care of under the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund).
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The Education and Social Intervention Fund is single-handedly paying for the education of the 100 vocational students.
The scholarship package for the tertiary students ranges from GH₵1,500 to GH₵3,500 per student for a year or four years, depending on the courses of study the students are pursuing.
Each of the vocational students will receive GH₵345 a year for three years.
Awards ceremony
A ceremony held at Akyem Asene last Saturday to present the awards to the students attracted people from all walks of life, including politicians, traditional rulers, the clergy and Muslim leaders.
Prominent among them were Obrempong Ofori Danso Abeam, Akyem Kotoku Gyaasehene; Nana Amoa Daadom, Asene Krontihene; Nana Asibey Darkwa, Akyem Asuosohene, and Nana Kwadwo Misah III, Akyem Manso Gyasehene, who chaired the function.
MP’s address
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Asene-Manso-Akroso, Mr George Kwame Aboagye, who is the brain behind the scholarship scheme, advised the beneficiary students to study hard and lead morally upright lives.
He said nine tertiary students were awarded scholarships last year.
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Mr Aboagye encouraged the people in the district to continue supporting the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and retain the government in power in the 2020 general election in order for them to have their development accelerated and to also continue enjoying good governance.
The Asene-Manso-Akroso Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Alex Incoom, commended Mr Aboagye for initiating the district scholarship scheme.
He encouraged students who had not yet benefitted from the scheme not to feel downhearted but have hope that their turn would come next.
Mr Incoom said the assembly spent GH¢97,000 on scholarships for 56 tertiary students in the 2019/2020 academic year and promised to have the number increased in the next academic year.
The Chairman of the awards committee, Mr Ben Ahmed Tawiah, who is the Managing Director of Metropolitan Insurance Company, said the fund had been legally registered with the Registrar-General’s Department.