The Scholarship Secretariat has a met with the leadership of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) over recent issues of nonpayment of scholarships in both home and abroad.
President of NUGS, Dennis Appiah Larbi-Ampofo who led the delegation, commended the Registrar of the Scholarship Secretariat on the attainment of his PhD.
He highlighted the challenges facing Ghanaian students who are presently on scholarship.
“Students studying on the government of Ghana scholarships are crying. For close to a year a lot of Ghanaian students on local and international scholarships by the Government or from the Scholarship Secretariat. This has made it difficult for the students to fund their education due to the challenges confronting them as a result of this situation,” the NUGS President added.
“Students are receiving notices of ejection from their hostels and apartments and risk being homeless,” Larbi-Ampofo added.
On his part, the head of the secretariat, Dr. Kingsley Agyemang admitted to knowing about the aforementioned challenges facing the students.
He said the of the secretariat is also affected by the global financial crisis. However, the Government of Ghana through the Scholarship Secretariat has assured NUGS that all affected students would be attended to in due course. He said all the necessary financial arrangements are being made to resolve the challenge.
“Ghanaian students studying on government scholarships should keep calm, these arrears are not something usual in our operations ever since we took over and I can assure you, we are working around the clock to end it, Dr Kingsley Agyemang assured the students.
“We have commenced payments of fees and in some areas stipends are also being paid , we have been engaging both the institutions and students to ensure we continue to keep our students in school , let us continue to work as faithful partners and calm your students down as we sail through these challenges together” Dr. Agyemang added .