The District Chief Executive for the Atiwa East District Assembly in the Eastern Region, Ernest Owusu Ntim, has hinted that the assembly would create a scholarship scheme for brilliant but needy students in the district.
He said this scholarship scheme aims to provide support for any student who performs well but, due to financial constraints, their parents are unable to continue their education for them to reach their potential in life.
Ernest Ntim indicated that he was a beneficiary of a scholarship program, which helped him in many ways to become who he is today.
“As DCE for Atiwa East and knowing the importance of scholarships for students, I will seek to it that under my administration, the District will secure scholarship funds to give hope to brilliant but needy students to enable them to become prominent people and contribute to the growth and development of this country,” he added.
“President John Dramani Mahama’s love for education is awesome, and he wouldn’t like to see such students on the streets being denied the opportunity of continuing their education to either SHS or tertiary level. Which is why I saw it necessary to institute this scholarship scheme to benefit all and sundry in the District,” mentioned Ntim.
Ernest Ntim made this announcement on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, when he, together with the Member of Parliament for the constituency, Abena Osei Asare, toured the ongoing BECE centers in the area.
He used the opportunity to advise all the participating BECE candidates to comply with the rules and regulations of the exams set by WAEC to avoid getting themselves in trouble, stating that doing so would let them have a successful and peaceful exercise.
The Member of Parliament for Atiwa East Constituency, Abena Osei Asare, in her address, said if you want to move to the next stage in life, you have to pass through examinations and plead with them to put in their very best to come out with flying colors.
Abena Osei Asare also provided food and water to all the 1,432 BECE candidates who are sitting for this year’s exams in Atiwa East until they finish writing their last paper on Tuesday, June 17, 2025.
Furthermore, the Education Director for Atiwa East, Pearl Acquah, said they have prepared the children well for the exams and believe that they will come out with good grades.
She also commended Abena Osei Asare for her leadership style towards education in the district and appreciated her for making education very attractive in the area.
By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.
Source// Obohnewsonline.com.
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