Twenty students, who excelled in the 2002 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), were on Wednesday presented with the President’s Independence Day Award at the Banquet Hall in Accra.
The award package included a certificate jointly signed by the President and Minister of Education, a three-year scholarship award valued up to seven million cedis for each award winner to cover boarding and lodging tenable in any Senior Secondary School (SSS) in the country.
Additionally, each award winner would receive 400,000 cedis in cash, 100,000 cedis for books and a special book prize.
Three of them would be selected to attend a summer camp “Camp Rising Sun” in the United States and Denmark.
President John Agyekum Kufuor flanked by Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi, Minister of Education presented the awards to the recipients.
They were, Miss Jeniffer Asaman and Master Paul Wondah from the Upper West Region; Miss Linda Lariba Atibilla and Master Inusah Mutala Mohammed from the Upper East Region; Miss Sumani Rashida Nagumsi Abukari and Master Nwinbuobo Walter Bandie from the Northern Region.
The others were Miss Priscilla Asraa and Master Prosper Adjei from the Brong Ahafo Region; Miss Ann Poku Amponsah and Master William Opoku Effah from the Ashanti Region; Miss Francisca Fiona Tandoh and Master Enoch Dontoh from the Western Region; Miss Victoria Kofie and Master Emmanuel Timmy Donkoh from the Central Region.
The rest were, Miss Princess Diana Tsadidey and Master Raynold Wonder Alorse from the Volta Region; Miss Adwoa Amponsah Adusei-Peasah and Master Dei-Anane Owura from the Eastern Region and Miss Eleanor Aryee and Master Gideon Nii Aryee Aryeetey from the Greater Accra Region.
Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama presented awards to the winners of the National Schools Debate for Senior Secondary Schools (SSS).
Ghana Secondary School Tamale, who beat the defending champions Mfantsipim School by 62-61 points, won this year’s debate.
The winners took home a 25-inch colour television set and a video deck while the runners-up had a 21-inch colour television set and a video deck.
Source: GhanaWeb
