The MTN Ghana Foundation is eager to declare that it has awarded 200 scholarship to students in open tertiary organizations through its Bright Scholarship program. These meriting understudies will get full educational cost, convenience, and payments for a full scholarly year and during the time of their schooling in their separate colleges.
Talking at a ceremony to introduce the scholarships to the students at MTN House in Accra, the President of MTN Ghana, Stephen Blewett, educated the recipients to take advantage with respect to the open door conceded to them. He stressed that the grants are monetary help, however an interest in their fantasies, potential, and the commitment of a superior tomorrow. He communicated energy to perceive how every beneficiary will utilize the amazing chance to additional their schooling, seek after their objectives, and contribute emphatically to society.
The Director for Pre-Tertiary Education at the Ministry of Education, who was the special quest for of honor, complimented MTN for the drive and for making a stage to help destitute understudies in the country. He asked the recipients to reach skyward and take full advantage of the scholarship.
A comparable honor function was held in Kumasi drove by Robert Kuzoe, Manager, for the MTN Ghana Foundation.
The MTN Bright Scholarship is a drive by the MTN Ghana Foundation that gives monetary help to destitute and splendid students in open tertiary foundations. Researchers are chosen yearly from each of the 16 districts of Ghana through a thorough cross country determination process, with determinations made by a free board.
The selection reflect MTN’s obligation to variety and consideration. Out of the 2499 students who applied, 400 were shortlisted for interviews, and 200 fruitful students have been chosen for the scholarship incorporating 20 students living with handicaps. Among the beneficiaries, 111 are males and 89 are females.
Different dignitaries went to the MTN Bright Scholarship show ceremony, including Lydia Nyarko Dankwah, Overseer of Scholastic Issues at the University of Ghana, Eric Yaw Alade, Head of Student Service and Records, University of Ghana, Nana Baffour Awuah, Director for Pre-Tertiary Education at the Ministry of Education, Leaders of MTN Ghana, Bright Scholarship Jury, and NUGS President.
Scancom Plc has had a grant framework set up since its initiation, helping north of 1000 students . During MTN Ghana’s twentieth commemoration in 2016, a reloaded MTN Bright Scholarship was re-sent off. During the festivals, MTN, through the MTN Ghana Foundation, vowed to awarded a sum of 300 scholarship north of three years. Taking into account the effect of the scholarship toward the finish of the initial three years, the MTN Ghana Foundation supported the restoration of the grant program in 2021 during MTN’s 25th Anniversary celebration.