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Location: Gnat Hall, Fijai, Takoradi.
Date: Thursday, July 18th, 2019
L & # 39; Hon. Minister (Western Region)
L & # 39; Hon. Deputy Minister of Education
L & # 39; Hon. Regional Deputy Minister
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L & # 39; Hon. Metropolitan / Municipal / District Directors
Heads of educational institutions
Representatives of West / West North Regional Coordinating Councils
Staff Exchange Secretariat
Friends of the media
Distinguished guests,
Ladies and gentlemen
It is with great humility that I rise to speak at this rally to address the disappointing trust that often prevails among the majority of our young people and their apathetic attitude to "as if" government intervention. which illustrates their desperation and a mbadive denial of the Ghanaian spirit, which is an unprecedented momentum and not as in the present circumstances, a jaded and a similar attitude. As Clerk of the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat, I share the vision of the President, His Excellency President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on all the basic factors of development in education.
The various movements towards a future that we can conceive and adopt for our total well-being begin with the development of the required skills and belief, with the necessary knowledge to suggest what is possible and the way forward as a country.
Once again, let me acknowledge the efforts of my hard-working staff, who sacrificed a lot for the accomplishment of this mission. We also thank the Western Region Coordinating Council for their interest in organizing this program. "The best, as they say, will always come from the West".
Distinguished guests, the voice of our President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, resonated in my mind when he declared the possibility that Ghana would set up a free tertiary education under our current political regime. Today, we are here to affirm that and to make sure that Ghanaians voted for a president who "speaks". The meritorious free higher education is a possibility.
Our generation of politicians should not lower their eyes and, as the President has already shown when implementing free SHS, we must take on daring challenges by believing in the Ghanaian spirit. Too many years have pbaded as usual in the affairs of the day and in respect of systems and structures, with a sense of prudence and without daring to dream of the decadence of the past. For us at the Scholarship Secretariat charged with the President's vision, our goal is to provide opportunities for every Ghanaian student who deserves an award to study.
The President, dubbed "Tertiary Tertiary Free Tertiary", has introduced a new range of scholarships. The scholarship program is to pay university fees (AFUF) or tuition fees for deserving students at any licensed tertiary institution in Ghana.
By local superior, we mean all accredited higher education institutions, both private and public, doctoral degrees. An initial amount of 30 million Ghana Cedis has not only been approved but has been released by the Ministry of Finance for all of this important national mission. Allow me, in this heavenly rendition, to pay a fine tribute to the Minister of Finance, the Honorable Ken Ofori Atta, for praising this initiative and bringing it a personal touch.
To make this a reality, His Excellency also called for the process to be decentralized to give real meaning to accessibility and transparency.
Accessibility means that every Ghanaian child, regardless of social, religious or political affiliation, must have access to quality education. The notion of nepotism and bias-selection mechanisms generally badociated with adjudicative institutions based on the A or B tribes A or B is now a thing of the past in our decentralized mode of operation.
From now on, all district bademblies in the country have a say in the selection of the fellow in their locality. Leaders, religious leaders and members of the Assembly all have a role to play in capturing this brilliant Ghanaian student somewhere in this village or city where past funding regimes have been neglected.
In terms of transparency, the Scholarship Secretariat applies and continues to pursue an open door policy. This decentralization aims to bring this policy of the open door to the doors of students in their districts. Nothing is hidden in the secret since all major stakeholders also participate in who and who is awarded the scholarship.
This resulted in the formation of the District Scholarship Review Committee, consisting of the following members:
The ECM / DCE as Chair
A representative of the traditional authority
A representative of a tertiary institution or the Ghana Education Service in the district / municipal.
Two representatives appointed by the Ghana Fellowship Secretariat.
Their mandate is to pre-screen and interview candidates who have applied for state scholarships to the various Assemblies and to make recommendations to the Central Scholarship Committee in Accra for consideration and awarding of scholarships.
Mr. Speaker, it is unfortunate that a student may have to leave his institution of higher learning because he is unable to pay GH ¢ 1,200.00 as tuition fees.
It is sad to see how students should move from the Suaman District Assembly in Accra to work as a trotro companion during their vacations in order to earn enough money to pay tuition.
Again, it is sad to see a student going to the Bosomtwe District Assembly from the Aowin Municipal Assembly for talks because he missed Aowin's talks.
It is unfortunate that students are forced to drop out of lectures on their farms to earn enough money for their school life.
In addition, another advantage of this decentralization is the fact that scholarship recipients will be absorbed by the different factories in districts covered by the 1D1F policy.
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