December 16th, 2020 at 03:11 pm
The Ghana Scholarships Secretariat following a directive from H. E. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, today December 1, 2020, in a Press Conference dubbed the ‘Big Announcement, formally opened the online scholarship application portal for the first batch graduates of the Free SHS Policy. This is to accord them an opportunity to apply for a scholarship for their tertiary education.
Local Tertiary Scholarship was introduced by H. E. President Akufo-Addo in the year 2017 and had it decentralized and digitized in the 2019/2020 academic year.
The scholarship covers academic facility user fees or tuition fees for all accredited local tertiary institutions, both public and private.
ELIGIBILITY
All applicants who wrote the WASSCE in 2020 and have gained admission or have applied for admission into an accredited local tertiary institution are eligible to apply
HOW TO APPLY
All applicants are expected to go through the 4 easy steps as follows:
I. Open the web address www.scholarshipgh.com
II. Sign-up and create a user account to register
III. Complete an application form and upload all required academic and admission documents
IV. Complete an online aptitude test.
TIMELINES
1st – 27TH December, 2020: Application open
Dates for the following will be announced later:
Nationwide Selection Interviews
Validation and Payments to respective institutions
The first batch of these Free SHS graduates who would be eligible will be able to enjoy a tuition free tertiary education in Ghana under President Akufo-Addo.
SIGNED
KINGSLEY AGYEMANG
(REGISTRAR OF SCHOLARSHIPS)