Donga Mantung Scholarship Fund, DOMASF, has confirmed its ability to promote Excellence and Meritocracy in Donga Mantung Division. Today October 8, 2020, education stakeholders witnessed the distribution scholarships to distinguished pupils at the First School Leaving Certificate and other basic needs to the needy to encourage back to school. Today's ceremony which took place under the patronage of the Divisional Officer for Ako Sub Division, Mbingno Abraham was described as the biggest crowd puller since 2016.
Dr. Fuh Calistus Gentry, promoter of the fund was canonized by the popualtion for his effort to peomote and encourage education. The mayor of Ako, Nkanya Nkwai Godlove couldn't be indifferent to express thank to Minister Fuh Calistus Gentry for the timely gesture. Before proceeding to the distribution of scholarships to the laureates, Nkanya Nkwai Godlove was categorical in reminding the population that education is the foundation of all human being beings and a fondamental right for children. He reiterated the call earlier made by the Divisional Officer made earlier calling on the population to send their kids to school.
16 Pupils received cash prizes for excellent performance in FSLC ranging from 25000 to 50000frs and School bags and didactic materials where shared to basic and secondary education schools of the subdivision to boast back to school. This was done in context with government barrier measures to fight against COVID 19 and the distribution of anti COVID 19 materials grace the ceremony. This is the last part of the 18 million scholarship fund for 2019/2020 Academic year. Worthy to note that no secondary school in Ako Sub Division wrote any official examination due to the ongoing crisis.
It should be recalled that the Divisional Officer for Ako and Mayor of Ako have been on back to school sensitization campaigns to rekindle parents to send their children to school. The sensitization campaigns took them to Kuta area and Tumboh recently where they called on parents and guardians to send their children to school.
That's a good initiative and more grease to elbow.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing