Ministry To Offer Scholarship To Top 50 Girls
The Western Equatoria State General Education and Instruction Minister Pia Philip Michael has announced that the top 50 girls from every county will study for free for four years at Maridi Girls Boarding Science School. 16 March 2013 By Joseph Nashion YAMBIO, 13 March 2013 [Gurtong]-The minister said that the criteria was purely based on competency and they were not checking the background where the child comes from but rather the marks each scored is what the team sat and came up with the list of 50 girls. He said the parents will be responsible for the transporting their children to the school every term for the child to move from home to school and back home, two they have to accept their daughters to join the boarding school, and other school requirements beyond that the government will cater for the rest while the child is at school and then lastly they will commit to sign that they will protect the girl without selling her out for early marriage. The minister stressed that it’s an unfortunate in one of the counties which had presented one best girl and being the only girl who passed in the whole county is pregnant it was confirmed from a reliable source so out of the ten counties Nagero County will miss out the opportunity. Pia encouraged all the parents to support all the girls who are struggling with education adding that this also done to appreciate parents who are struggling supporting their children to school because by doing what the ministry has come up with the burden of paying the child to school for four years is reduced. Posted in: Home, Education -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
