The government
has through the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), awarded new scholarships
to 4,279 students schooling in the various universities and colleges in Ghana.
The awardees cut
across the respective programmes of undergraduate and postgraduate studies.
This year’s
figure represents an increase of sixty-three percent (63%) of successful
applicants compared with the two thousand seven hundred and four (2,704)
recipients for the year 2022.
The breakdown of
the awardees according to type of degrees and programmes are as follows: a
total of two thousand nine hundred and fifty-one (2,951) are pursuing diploma
or degree programmes whereas one thousand three hundred and twenty-one (1,328)
beneficiaries are reading master’s or PhD programmes in the private and public
colleges/universities all in Ghana.
Also, 1,963
representing 46% of awardees are studying Science Technology Engineering and
Mathematics (STEM) related programmes, while 2,316 representing 54% of awardees
are studying Humanity related programmes.
The Fund, as of
August 2, 2023, has paid the total sum of GH¢25,278,029.39 of fees allotted to
awardees into the accounts of their institutions.
It will be
recalled that, in December 2022, GETFund advertised to the general public,
inviting prospective applicants to apply for the local scholarships via its
online portal created for the receipt of scholarship applications and the
management of same.
A total of
22,000 applicants were successfully submitted. The overwhelming show of
interest in the scholarships prompted the Board of Trustees of the Fund to
increase the available slots to the current high number of 4,279 recipients.
“It must be
placed on record that as of August 2, 2023, about three hundred (300)
successful applicants have still not accepted the scholarship offers sent to
them via their email addresses, although efforts have been made to contact
them. Hence, the Fund is unable to process their documentation for further
action,” GETFund announced in a statement.
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