4 types of scholarships awarded by the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat
The Ghana Scholarship Secretariat provides scholarships to deserving Ghanaians in four broad categories. These are the hardship, Merit, Local Tertiary, and Foreign Tertiary scholarships.
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Hardship Scholarship
Upon receipt, the forms are vetted and selected for awards by the Secretariat based on eligibility criteria.
Merit Scholarship
The Merit and Northern Ghana Feeding grants are administered by the school Authorities after which the details of the beneficiaries are submitted to the Secretariat for payment.
Local Tertiary
The Local Tertiary awards are in form payment of Thesis and Bursary grants to Postgraduate Students in the Public Tertiary Institutions in Ghana.
The award also covers payment of Disability Grants to the Physically Challenged Ghanaian Students in Tertiary Institutions and Long Stay Allowance for Medical Science students in Public Tertiary Institutions in the country.
Mode of Application
- Application forms are downloaded from the Secretariat’s website (www.ghanascholarshipsecretariat.com) after a registration code is sent to the various institutions at the beginning of the academic year.
- Duly completed application forms must be endorsed by the designated institutional authority and submitted through the Dean of Graduate School to the Scholarships Secretariat. This facility does not apply to sandwich, part-time, private/fee paying students in public tertiary institutions.
- The documents are vetted by the Secretariat to ensure conformity to eligibility criteria.
- For Disability allowance, completed application forms must be accompanied with medical certificate stating the percentage of disability
Foreign Tertiary
Currently, the countries that fall under this category include:
- Russia
- Hungary
- Algeria
- China
- Morocco
- German Government Doctoral Programme (DAAD)
In addition to the above, the Commonwealth Secretariat also award scholarships to Ghanaian at the postgraduate level based on a multilateral arrangement between Ghana and Commonwealth member countries.
There are other countries awarding scholarships to Ghanaians without a counterpart funding from the Government of Ghana.
These countries are:
- Australia Government Awards
- Japanese Government MEXT Scholarships
- Turkish Government Awards
- Mauritius Government Scholarship
Mode of Application
All scholarship offers under Bilateral Cooperation Agreements are received through Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration. The role of the Secretariat in the administration of these scholarships entails:
- Publicity on Secretariat’s website and notice board, as well as one newspaper with nationwide circulation
- Receipt and processing of applications based on eligibility criteria
- Interviews and selection of applicants by a committee.
- Submission of selected applicants to awarding country for further consideration.
- Communication of awards to successful applicants.
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