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Ghana, Türkiye expand scholarship opportunities to cover sports studies
Ghana’s Minister for Sports and Recreation, Hon. Kofi Adams, has secured an expansion of Türkiye’s scholarship programme to include sports-related disciplines, following a meeting with Mr. Abdulhadi Turus, President of the Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YTB), in Ankara on August 18, 2025.
During the meeting, Mr. Turus outlined YTB’s international education initiatives, highlighting the Türkiye Scholarships, which since 2011 have supported more than 45,000 students worldwide. He revealed that in 2025 alone, 628 Ghanaian students applied for placements in areas such as agriculture, engineering, international trade, and economics.
He further explained that scholarship offers can be tailored to the development priorities of partner nations, with support including Turkish language training and postgraduate opportunities.
Hon. Adams praised YTB’s role in supporting Ghana’s human resource development, noting that the scholarships have produced professionals such as interpreters and technical experts who are vital to advancing bilateral trade and cooperation. He emphasised that Ghana Türkiye relations, established in 1958, continue to deepen through education and skills training.
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The Minister also requested that scholarships be expanded to cover sports-related courses such as sports science, management, and recreation studies. He explained that under the leadership of President John Dramani Mahama, Ghana is prioritising the revival of school sports, and advanced training opportunities in Türkiye would play a key role in developing the next generation of sports professionals.
In response, YTB agreed to widen the scope of its scholarships to include sports-focused disciplines for Ghanaian students. Both parties concluded the meeting by reaffirming their commitment to strengthening educational and cultural cooperation while ensuring scholarship programmes align with Ghana’s national development goals.
Source: Starrfm.com.gh/Christian Kobby Quarshie
August 25, 2025
Gov’t introduces targeted scholarships for underrepresented communities — Mahama
The government has announced a new scholarship initiative aimed at supporting students from underrepresented communities and marginalized groups to access tertiary education, as part of efforts to promote social equity and national development.
The announcement was made by President John Dramani Mahama on Friday, July 4, at the launch of the ‘No Fees Stress’ Policy in Koforidua, a major intervention designed to ease financial constraints faced by Ghanaian students in higher education.
According to President Mahama, the government has diversified its student funding system to include targeted scholarships that will prioritise students from disadvantaged communities and those pursuing academic programs crucial to the nation’s development agenda.
“We also have diversified student funding mechanism including targeted scholarships for underrepresented communities and disciplines that are vital to our national development” Said President John Dramani Mahama
The President explained that the targeted scholarships form part of a broader strategy to address longstanding disparities in access to higher education, particularly for students from rural areas, low-income families, and minority groups.
He noted that despite progress made through Ghana’s Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (FCUBE) and Free SHS programs, many young people still face financial barriers to tertiary education.
READ: Behind every unpaid fee is a dream deferred – Mahama
President Mahama underscored the government’s commitment to fostering inclusive development by ensuring that no qualified Ghanaian is denied tertiary education because of their background or financial circumstances.
The No – Fees Stress policy has been designed with deliberate inclusivity and scalability.
According to President Mahama, under this policy the government will cover the academic related fees for all first-year students admitted to public tertiary institutions.
Then second component of the no-fees stress policy “is the student loan plus initiative. This is a restructured financing model that provides enhanced support for continuing students with expanded eligibility and simplified access. And as you were just informed, next year the money allocated to the student loan scheme is going to be doubled and so you will also expect a doubling of your student loan”.
He further stated that, under the Policy is the free tertiary education for persons with disability.
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“To ensure full inclusion and compliance with our obligations under the Disability Act, all persons with disability shall have free tertiary education from first year until they complete. And as I told you already, there will be increased student loan amounts which will reflect the real cost of tertiary education and it will be adjusted annually for inflation” President Mahama said.
Source: Starrfm.com.gh
July 5, 2025
My govt will offer scholarships to all persons with disabilities to access tertiary education – Bawumia
The Flagbearer of the NPP, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has announced that his government will prioritize the award of scholarships to all persons with disabilities, to enable them to continue with their education at the tertiary level.
Speaking during his Western North Regional campaign tour Friday, Dr. Bawumia said he has a personal commitment to supporting vulnerable people in society, and his government will particularly prioritize educational support for people with disabilities, who qualify to offer tertiary education.
“I believe that persons with disabilities, we need to support them a bit more,” said the NPP Flagbearer.
“We are giving scholarships to all manner of people but I want to dedicate some of the money from scholarship Secretariat and GETFUND to provide free tertiary education, both tuition and accommodation to all persons with disabilities, who will make it into the universities so that they can all benefit from that,” he added.
Dr. Bawumia also noted that his government will roll out other forms of support to people with disabilities and other vulnerable people in society.
He shared the work he has been doing to support vulnerable people in society, including his work as Patron of the Lepers Aid Ghana.
Dr. Bawumia stressed that, personally, he is committed to supporting vulnerable members of society because “it gives him joy.”
He added that as Patron of Lepers Aid Ghana, he has been engaged in lots of activities supporting the vulnerable, and his government will prioritise a broader support for persons with disabilities and vulnerable members of society.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/103.5FM
May 3, 2024
Minority calls for interdiction of Registrar of Ghana Scholarship Secretariat
The Minority in Parliament says the Registrar of the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat, Kingsley Agyemang must be interdicted with immediate effect.
In a statement, the Minority indicated that the call is based on the investigation by the Fourth Estate into the award of scholarships by the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat, an agency under the Office of the President.
“The investigations, which span the period between 2019 and 2020, reveal very sordid details of the award of Government of Ghana scholarships on the basis of political patronage, influence, favouritism, among other considerations, contrary to the object of these scholarships which are supposed to be given to deserving, needy but brilliant students,” the ranking Member on Education Committee in Parliament Peter Nortsu Koteo stated.
He therefore called for the “immediate interdiction of the Registrar of the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat, Kingsley Agyemang, pending investigations into its operations. The Special Prosecutor must order an immediate forensic audit of all scholarships awarded since January 2017.
“We call on President Akufo-Addo to act swiftly in this matter in order to protect the public purse from further abuse.”
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Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/103.5FM
April 8, 2024