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Sixty-Five students in the Upper West Akim District, are to benefit from the third phase of the Scholarship Secretariat’s Local Decentralization Scheme introduced by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

Mr. Eugene Sackey, Upper West Akim District Executive who disclosed this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), stated that 74 applicants from local tertiary institutions applied online and the 65 were shortlisted to benefit from the package.

According to him, a five-member panelist made up of a traditional leader, representative from the Ghana Education Service (GES), NADMO, Scholarship Secretariat and headed by him formed the interview panel.

Mr. Sackey, further said that, they scored the applicants in areas including, current affairs as well as aptitude tests during the oral interview.

“This is to ensure that there is transparency and accessibility to education by ensuring that more people get access to tertiary education”.

The shortlisted applicants were selected across the District and were successful at the interview, he added.