{"id":734747,"date":"2019-10-31T06:51:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T06:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/31\/100-students-from-universities-receive-scholarship-from-ghana\/"},"modified":"2019-10-31T06:51:27","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T06:51:27","slug":"100-students-from-universities-receive-scholarship-from-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/31\/100-students-from-universities-receive-scholarship-from-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"100 students from Universities receive scholarship from Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/100-students-from-universities-receive-scholarship-from-ghana\/\">\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/A-group-picture-of-MTN-Bright-Scholarship-beneficiaries-from-Northern-Sector-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"MTN\" title=\"A group picture of MTN Bright Scholarship beneficiaries from Northern Sector\"\/><\/div>\n<p>MTN Ghana Foundation has presented<br \/>\n100 scholarships to the second batch of its MTN Bright Scholarship beneficiaries<br \/>\nat the MTN house in Accra. <\/p>\n<p>MTN Bright Scholarship is an<br \/>\ninitiative by the MTN Ghana Foundation to financially assist needy and<br \/>\nbrilliant students in public tertiary institutions to complete their<br \/>\neducation.The scholarship covers the cost of tuition, accommodation, a stipend<br \/>\nfor books and other relevant reading materials for the duration of their<br \/>\nstudies. The beneficiaries are students from public tertiary institutions<br \/>\nacross the country.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the scholarship<br \/>\npresentation ceremony, the CEO of MTN Ghana,Mr.Selorm Adadevoh said, \u201cIt<br \/>\nreally saddens me to see young talents not achieve their potential because we<br \/>\ndo not have the right instruments in place to support such talented youth. This<br \/>\nis why I believe the MTN Bright Scholarship is key in supporting under-privileged students who<br \/>\nwould have missed higher education as a result of lack of funding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have always believed that access<br \/>\nto education is a must if we are ever going to straddle out of our 3<sup>rd<\/sup><br \/>\nworld designation. It is the most fundamental source of hope, and the most<br \/>\nguaranteed path for us all to improve our lives in a sustainable way. It is for<br \/>\nthis reason that I will like to say a big thank you to the MTN Foundation Board<br \/>\nChairman and Members for the vision to invest in the future of very talented<br \/>\nyouth who will no doubt lead the change that Ghana needs, by launching such a<br \/>\nlife changing and impactful initiative. Ayekoo!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Minister in charge of Tertiary and<br \/>\nVocational Education, Hon Gifty Twum-Ampofo who was the Special guest of honor commended MTN<br \/>\nGhanafor the initiative. She said this initiative will ease the burden on<br \/>\ngovernment. \u00a0She advised the<br \/>\nbeneficiaries to take advantage of opportunities available and not just sit and<br \/>\nhope for things to get better for them. <\/p>\n<p>MTN<br \/>\nBright Scholarship presentation ceremony was attended by various dignitaries including Prof.PlangeRhulea<br \/>\nboard member of the MTN Foundation, Mr. Robertson Andah Head, Counselling Unit,<br \/>\nUniversity of Mines and Technology Tarkwa, Mr. Moses Maclean Abnory Registrar,<br \/>\nTakoradi Technical University, Emmanuel Aidoo, Assistant Registrar University<br \/>\nof Cape Coast, Mrs, HagaBampoh-Addo, Deputy Registrar University of Education<br \/>\nand Dr. Duke Akoto Deputy Registrar Ghana Institute of Journalism, parents and<br \/>\nguardians.<\/p>\n<p>MTN<br \/>\nBright Scholarship is in fulfillment of a commitment MTN made to Ghanaians<br \/>\nduring the commemoration of its 20<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary in 2016. During the<br \/>\ncelebrations, MTN, through the MTN Ghana Foundation promised to award a total<br \/>\nof 300 scholarships over a period of three years. The first batch of 100<br \/>\nscholarships were awarded in 2018 to students in public tertiary institutions<br \/>\nacross the country.<\/p>\n<p>The process for the first batch<br \/>\nof MTN BrightScholarship started in July2019 with a request to qualified<br \/>\nstudents to submit applications for consideration. A total of 2,674<br \/>\napplications were received from all 16 regions of Ghana and the number was<br \/>\npruned to 300 applicants. The shortlisted candidates were subsequently invited<br \/>\nfor interviews. The interviews were conducted by an independent panel which<br \/>\ncomprised academia and accredited human resource personnel. <\/p>\n<p>The panel, after interviewing and<br \/>\nverifying information received, selected 100 students who will be awarded the<br \/>\nMTN Bright Scholarship. The list of successful students was published in the<br \/>\nnewspapers prior to the presentations of the scholarships in Accra. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MTN Ghana Foundation has presented 100 scholarships to the second batch of its MTN Bright Scholarship beneficiaries at the MTN house in Accra. 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