Dr. Fuh Calistus Gentry, the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Mines, Industries and Technological Development has announced a scholarship fund worth FCFA 15 million to egg on school resumption in Donga 7 revealed that the scholarship Fund aimed at stimulating effective school resumption will be launch in the days ahead in Nkambe, the Divisional Headquarters of Donga Mantung. Harping on the functionality of the fund, Dr. Fuh Calistus went further to relate that during the launching ceremony, the divisional services concerned will receive the first disbursements. This, he added is to egg on and support students, pupils and teachers to get hold of the basics for a better and effective school resumption. He also emphasized that the sum of FCFA 3 million will be given to each of the five sub Divisions that make up Donga Mantung. The funds, he continued will be disbursed in three phases. The first phase at the launching ceremony, the second phase be disbursed after follow-up and the third phase will be disbursed to encourage merit among teachers, students and even the Parent Teacher Associations.
On who will be the potential beneficiaries of the scholarship fund, Dr. Fuh Calistus told the Press that the intention is to support children of displaced parents, orphans and to support the recruitment of PTA teachers in localities where teachers have abandoned their duties because of the crisis. He concluded that the fund will be managed by the divisional services of education under the strict supervision of the Senior Divisional Officer for Donga Mantung Division.
It should be recalled that the Donga Mantung Scholarship Fund is a reorientation of the Ako-Misaje Scholarship Fund.
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