[ 2014-09-28 ]

400 brilliant but needy students get Gh400,000 scholarship
The educational future of 400 brilliant but needy
students has been given a major boost through
scholarships of Central Aid, a social
responsibility wing of the International Central
Gospel Church.

Central Aid will pay Gh₵ 400,000 to cover
the tuition and registration fees of Junior High
School students who passed this year's Basic
Education Certificate Exams and students in the
Senior High Schools.

Out of the number of beneficiaries, 40% are
aspiring to enter SHS while 60% are SHS students.

According to a press release issued by Central Aid
and signed by its Executive Director A.B Rockson,
the 400 beneficiaries were sieved out of 900 who
applied for scholarship for the 2014/2015 academic
year.

Central Aid was established in 1988 as an
educational trust fund to provide financial
assistance to brilliant but needy students in
secondary schools. The aid is given to students
irrespective of their denomination or ethnic
background.

Since it was established, over 3,000 students have
benefitted and gone on to pursue various careers.

The International Central Gospel Church through
Central Aid has also renovated a 3-unit classroom
block for the Akufful-Krodua Catholic JHS in the
Central Region.

Hospitals such as the Princess Marie Louise
Children's Hospital in Accra, the Plastic Surgery
Department of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, the
Ghana Hearts Foundation and Mammocare Ghana have
also benefited from the organisation's financial
support.

Twenty boreholes have been dug in the Ga West
Municipal Area through support from the Aid.

In the future, Central Aid will be constructing
multi-purpose libraries in some peri-urban
communities across the country.

Source - MyjoyOnline

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