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Registrar of Scholarships Mr Kingsley Agyemang has cautioned persons in need of Government of Ghana Scholarships to avoid the services of so called middlemen who promise them to be of help.

According to the Registrar, the Secretariat does not engage the services of third parties in awarding scholarships to those who qualify.

He gave this caution yesterday after being awarded the third best Chief Executive Officer by the Association of Aides to Regional Chairmen of the New Patriotic Party.

“I want to sound a caution to all Ghanaians. Before I took office there were news of people trying to act as middlemen and agents for the scholarship secretariat. I want Ghanaians to know that no person has been appointed to act as a middleman or any agency created by the secretariat to do our work for us. Our services are entirely free and nobody should give any money to anybody who might say he/she can influence the secretariat to give the person a scholarship,” he said.

Bringing scholarships closer

Mr Agyemang said in order to ensure that scholarships are brought to the doorsteps of every Ghanaian, the newly introduced District Scholarship Review Committee will ensure that applicants, rather than coming all the way to its office in Accra, are able to access scholarships at their various districts thereby achieving the aim of accessibility.

“Secondly, the District Scholarship Review Committee will ensure transparency and fairness so that those who hitherto could not access  can now be eligible for selection,” the Scholarship Registrar said.

“The Districts assemblies will be responsible under our guidelines for publishing scholarship openings using the district information channels such as community information centres, church announcements, mosque publications, among others,  receiving applications, shortlisting applicants within their enclaves who will then appear before them,” Mr Agyemang explained.

According to him, the Composition of the District Scholarship Review Committee will be made up of the District or Municipal Chief Executive officer, a representative from the traditional authority which is very dominant within the district, a representative from the Ghana Education Service or from any tertiary institution in the district, and two other representatives to be appointed by the Scholarship Secretariat.

“After the interview had been done by the district, a recommendation will be made to the Central Scholarship Review Committee secretariat which will then award the scholarship to the deserving applicants,” he said.