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UBA Ghana Donates Books To Aburi Girls And Methodist Girls To Mark Day of The African Child
UBA Ghana Donates Books To Aburi Girls And Methodist Girls To Mark Day of The African Child
On 16th June 1976, over ten thousand black school children in Soweto, South Africa marched to protest the poor quality of their education and demanded their right to be taught in their own language. Per reports, hundreds of young students were shot by the police and more than a hundred people were killed in the protests of the following two weeks, with more than a thousand were injured.
Since 1991, this day has been celebrated by nations in the Organisation of African Unity, now known as the African Union as The Day of the African Child. It honors those who participated in the Soweto Uprising in 1976 on that day and also raises awareness of the continuing need for improvement of the education provided to African children.
The 8th edition of the National Essay Competition recorded over three hundred applications from schools across the Country.
Speaking at the announcement ceremony on Monday, Mrs. Sylvia Inkoom, the Deputy Managing Director of UBA Ghana congratulated all 10 finalists and encouraged them to utilize the platform given to them to excel in their academic pursuits.
“At UBA we prioritize education, as it is a core aspect of our Corporate Social Investment and we are very committed to the area of education of the African in a bid to further transform the continent. As we celebrate Valentine’s Day today, this is our love gift to these brilliant students for making it this far in the competition” Mrs Inkoom said.
Mrs Inkoom also congratulated all finalists of the competition especially the top three and advised them to focus on their education and also read wide for extended knowledge to realize their academic aspirations.
In a speech read on his behalf, the Minister of Education, thanked UBA for the consistency in undertaking this project. He expressed his excitement about the huge investment that the Bank is making in the young ones.
“I have been informed that your price package for this year comes to GHS66,500 for the top three winners. I want to commend UBA again for this initiative. With the three new students that would be awarded today, it will bring the total number of beneficiaries to 24”, he said.
Director General at the Ghana Education Service, Prof Kwasi Opoku Amankwa said UBA deserves to be applauded for their commitment to partnering the Ghana Education Service over the last eight years to organize the National Essay Competition.
“In addition to the significant quantum of funds they have devoted every year to pay for the scholarships for the winning students and ensuring that every winner of the competition attains the highest education possible in Ghana and on the continent of Africa, the NEC has generated quite a healthy interest among students to compete in and win”, he said.
The National Essay Competition, a Corporate Social Responsibility initiative of UBA Foundation after its launch in Ghana in 2014, has provided a competitive platform to develop the intellectual and writing abilities of SHS students in Ghana as well as granting winners fully paid scholarship into any University in Africa.