NGO AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS TO 20 SHS STUDENTS (PAGE 35)

THE Wa Area Development Association (WADA), a non-profit organisation based in Wa in the Upper West Region, has awarded scholarship to 20 students from selected senior high schools (SHSs) in the region.
The scholarship scheme, which was made possible by citizens of Wa in the United States of America and Canada, is the second in the series.
The beneficiary students, who were selected from the Wa, Wa Technical, Islamic, Saint Xavier, Lassia-Tuolu and T.I. Ahmadiya SHS, received GH¢140 each.
Addressing the beneficiaries, the Chairperson of WADA Ghana resident committee, Mrs Cate Bob-Milliar, said the goal of the association was to assist develop Wa through education grants and provision of other development programmes.
She said WADA was granting the scholarship to students with good academic backgrounds from junior high schools who had gained admission to SHS in the Wa area.
According to her, GH¢100 would be paid into the awardee’s school accounts on the assumption that their school fees were up to the said amount, then the balance paid to the student through the headmaster as pocket money.
“If the fees are more, then there will be nothing left as pocket money, since this fund is basically for the payment of tuition fees,” she added.
Mrs Bob-Milliar recalled that during the 2007/08 academic year, a similar number of students were given GH¢100 each but regretted that some of the students squandered the money without the knowledge of their parents and school authorities.