Beneficiaries of scholarship schemes asked to study hard
Omanhene of Nsein Traditional Area in the Western Region, Awulae Agyefi Kwame III, has advised students who benefit from scholarship schemes to study hard to justify the assistance given to them by corporate organisations.
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He noted that it was unfortunate that some beneficiaries of the facility did not study hard, but rather dropped out of school as a result of peer pressure.
"You are lucky to have been selected for the scholarship awards among other equally handicapped students and so you need to study hard in school to justify your inclusion," the Omanhene advised.
Scholarship awards
Awulae Agyefi II expressed these sentiments when the management of the Ghana Rubber Estate Limited (GREL) presented scholarships to 34 brilliant, needy senior high school (SHS) students within the operational area of the company in the Ahanta West District in the Western Region.
The company's operations also extend to the Central, Ashanti and parts of the Eastern regions. The Nseinmanhene, who is also the Chairman of the Association of Chiefs on whose Lands GREL Operates (ACLANGO) has, therefore, appealed to parents and guardians of such students to take a very keen interest in the education of their children, who were fortunate to have been added to the list for the scholarships to assist them complete their education successfully.
Since 2005, the management of GREL has been providing full scholarships to brilliant, helpless students within its operational area as part of its company's corporate social responsibility (CSR).
Awulae Agyefi II pointed out that it was the responsibility of Nananom to impress upon the management of the company to offer scholarships to students in the neighbourhood. "However, Nananom will not be around to ensure that the students learn hard," he said.
Gratitude
The ACLANGO Chairman expressed his appreciation to GREL for the provision of potable water, school blocks and other projects to the communities.
He pledged the co-operation of the chiefs to the company to ensure its sustainability, observing that the main challenges confronting the management were the activities of unscrupulous buyers from outgrower farmers, thefts and illegal mining (galamsey) activities within the plantations.
The Managing Director of GREL, Mr Lionel Barre, disclosed that 2016 saw some demonstrations by outgrowers, which brought about bad media reportage against the company.
In a related development, the management of GREL has presented school bags and mathematical sets to 30 students of the GREL Basic School at Nsuaem, near Tarkwa, who excelled during the 2015/2016 academic year.
Making the presentation on behalf of the management, Mr Jude Fiifi Cudjoe, the Community Relations Manager of GREL explained that the first three pupils or students of each class, beginning from Kindergarten (KG 2), took the package as a form of motivation.
He indicated that the company had been making such donations for the past five years under its CSR to encourage the schoolchildren to study hard.
The Headmistress of the school, Mrs Phillis Ahlijah Koomson, noted that the gesture would go a long way to motivate the children and the teaching staff to give their best.