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Regional News of Thursday, 29 May 2003

Source: gna

JSS students to be awarded scholarship

Fante Nyankomase (Central Region) - The Fante Nyankomase Traditional Council is to award scholarship to JSS students who obtain aggregate six in their final BECE examinations as from next academic year.

Nana Tsibo Asare II Omanhene of Fante Nyankomase Traditional Area, disclosed this to GNA on Tuesday. He said out of a ?1bn endowment fund targeted by the Council only ?77m had been realised and appealed to citizens of the area to pay their monthly contribution of ?2,400 each to reach the target.

Nana Asare appealed to those living outside to contribute to help raise the standard of education in the area.