2015 Tertiary Education Scholarship Trust (Test) for Ghanaian Students

Applications are fast going for the 2015 Tertiary Education Scholarship Trust (Test) for Ghanaian Students. Interested applicants are advised to read the below guidelines and information to continue. This is a Scholarship for Ghanaian Students.

TEST (Tertiary Education Scholarship Trust) for Ghana was formed by a group of graduates from Linacre College, Oxford University and is a constituent member of the UK Charity, Test for Africa’s family. Its aim is to aid the social and economic development of Ghana by enabling bright but needy students to receive undergraduate education at Ghanaian public Universities and Polytechnics against their personal pledge to work for the benefit of their communities and their nation upon graduation. The fundamental philosophy behind the formation of TEST for Ghana is the belief that one of the causes of poverty in developing countries is a lack of education.

By enabling bright, yet financially challenged Ghanaians the opportunity to undertake local tertiary education through a programme of means tested scholarships in exchange for a personal bond requiring them to remain within Ghana, graduates are expected to make significant contributions to the social and economic development within their communities and their country.

Field of Study

Scholarships are available for undergraduate studies at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; only Land Economy and Real Estate courses are applicable.

Scholarship Value

TEST for GHANA provides both full and partial scholarships for undergraduate study and only two fully funded scholarships are available.

Eligibility

Awards are biased towards females (60:40) from the poorest regions of the countries, for University education (60:40) where appropriate, and are also available to handicapped students.Scholarships are offered to both new and to continuing students, and are reviewed annually against both need and academic performance.

Those scholars graduating with First Class Honours degrees are invited to apply for the Norman & Ivy Lloyd Scholarship at Linacre College, Oxford University which provides full funding for one year’s Master’s degree studies in a subject of their choice.

Application Procedure and Deadline

Application forms can be downloaded online or can be obtained from any students financial aid office at all participating Ghanaian public tertiary institutions (Universities and polytechnics).

Application forms need to be completed in full, being as detailed as possible. Completed application forms should be submitted to the student financial aid office of the student’s institution or posted to TEST for Ghana through their postal address.

The application deadline for continuing students (Those applying for Ghana for the first time and those renewing their scholarship awards) is 30th June, 2015 and fresh student 31st August, 2015.

NOTE: ll applicants who have been successful will be informed by e-mail. If latest by the end of November you have not received communication from TEST for Ghana, then consider your application not successful in this instance. You can, however, re-apply the next time applications are called for.

Official Scholarship Website – http://testforghana.com/TFG/index.htm