Education Ministry opens application for SEIP scholarships

The Ministry of Education has invited applications for scholarships to Junior High Students (JHS) across the country who wants to get into Senior High Schools (SHS) in the 2016/2017 academic year under the Secondary Education Improvement Project (SEIP).

In a statement signed by the Director of Public Relations, Dan Osman Mwin, on Thursday, the Ministry advised all eligible students to "avail themselves of this rare opportunity."

The World Bank funded project which was launched by President John Dramani Mahama in 2014, will provide scholarship packages to 125 schools from selected districts across all ten regions.

The package caters for relevant approved school fees, transportation to schools, uniforms, house attire, PE kits, shoes and bags and other relevant stationery.

The scholarships are available to JHS students in their final year or graduates who wrote their Basic Education Certificate Examination in the last three years and selected schools “benefiting from the SEIP.”

The statement noted that "the prospective beneficiary of the scholarship scheme must be a Ghanaian, be qualified and needy."

"We also wish to urge all parents, guardians and prospective beneficiaries to contact the nearest District Education Office and the selected SHS where application forms for the scholarship scheme will be available and for any other assistance in this regard," the statement added.