Poor but the brilliant pupils on scholarship

Accra, July 11, GNA- The Bisa/McCarthy Trust Fund instituted by the Ghana Mine Workers Union (GMWU), has disbursed GH¢71,100 as scholarship package to poor but brilliants students in mining communities.

Accra, July 11, GNA- The Bisa/McCarthy Trust Fund instituted by the Ghana Mine Workers Union (GMWU), has disbursed GH¢71,100 as scholarship package to poor but brilliants students in mining communities. The trust, named after Messrs S.M.Bisa and C.E. McCarthy founders of the GMWU, was to provide annual scholarship for wards of members of the union who could not afford the cost of senior high school education. Mr Prince William Ankrah, General Secretary of the Union, who made this known to the Ghana News Agency in an interview on Friday, said 49 students benefited from the fund during the 2004/2005 academic year, 59 in 2005/2006 and 51 students in 2006/2007. He said the scholarship was part of a Sustainable Development Agenda launched by the union in 2004. "It is also part of our service delivery, which is beyond the boundaries of collective bargaining agreement and to complement efforts towards human resource development." Mr Ankrah said an appeal had been made to the mining companies to make contribution towards the fund for its sustenance.