Free SHS: Online scholarship application portal opened

The online scholarship application portal has been opened from December 1 to December 15, 2020, for all candidates who sat for this year’s WASSCE to apply for a scholarship, the Ghana Scholarships Secretariat has announced.

This announcement comes after President Akufo-Addo earlier today December 1, directed the Secretariat to award a full tertiary scholarship to students who sat for the 2020 WASSCE and passed with excellent grades.

The Scholarships Secretariat in a statement copied to Georgeweb.org indicated the government’s scholarship covers academic facility user fees or tuition fees for all accredited local tertiary institutions, both public and private.

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According to them, only applicants who wrote the national examination and have gained admission or have applied for admission into an accredited local tertiary institution are eligible to apply.

Source: Georgeweb.org