Government has promised to, as a matter of urgency, address the challenges Ghanaians students under government scholarship are facing in the United Kingdom and other European countries.
Reports indicate that several of these students have been left stranded for months following GETFUND’s failure to disburse funds to them.
A few have been thrown out of their hostels while others have been denied access to school facilities.
Speaking at the Flagstaff House media briefing, Information and Media Relations Minister, Mahama Ayariga indicated that, the government was working around the clock to rectify the situation
According to him, government was concerned about the welfare of students and would, through the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), settle the debt that students on government scholarships had incurred as a result of delays in payment of the amount.
GETFUND, according to Mr Ayariga, was working seriously to transfer money to all beneficiaries on government scholarship.
“Government is making every effort to ensure that students are not left in critical stages in their various educational institutions,” he said.
