No less than 250 indigent students from Southeast Nigeria are to benefit from a scholarship scheme floated by De Imperial Philanthropic Family Initiative.
The non-governmental organization organisation (NGO) is to award the scholarships to intelligent indigent students in Junior Secondary 1 from public secondary schools across the five eastern states of Nigeria, comprisingAnambra, Abia, Enugu, Imo and Ebonyi respectively.
The Education Committee Chairman of the Initiative, Mr Chikezie Okonkwo, who disclosed this in a statement in Awka, on Sunday, noted that the Initiative is committed to creating opportunities for the less privileged to have access to quality education.
Okonkwo said that the gesture is open to all the junior secondary school students residing in the region.
According to him, the Initiative is planning a tuition-free education inclusive of other fees, levies, school uniforms, textbooks and other educational materials, WAEC fees (Junior and Senior), Jamb fees to indigent Junior Secondary school students with exceptional academic records.
He said: “We have contracted BEST BRAIN CONTEST, an education consulting firm to organize and select the beneficiaries and the total number of students to be given scholarships is 250”.
Chief Executive Officer of Best Brain Contest, Mr. Frank Igbojindu, while acknowledging the contracted assignment, said the examination where the beneficiaries will be selected is slated for November, 2023 in Awka, Owerri, Umuahia, Enugu and Abakaliki respectively. Dates and venues will be announced soon, he said.
He said: “Many brilliant and intelligent children are on the street today hawking, some are into some illegal activities due to financial crisis. It is in that juncture that the De Imperial Philanthropic Family, as a Non-Governmental Organisation deem it fit to support the south eastern state Governors to make education become easy for the less privileged ones in the society by assisting students towards achieving their set goals in life.
