A student from the Adeiso Senior High School in the Eastern Region, who obtained grade A1 in all eight subjects in the 2020 WASSCE but comes from a deprived home is to get a government scholarship to pursue tertiary education.
Thomas Amoaning lives in Asuaba near Adeiso and reads General Arts and he was a day student.
He obtained Excellent grades of A1 in Social Studies, English Language, Mathematics (Core), Integrated Science, Economics, Geography, Government, and Mathematics (Elective).
His dream is to attend the University of Ghana to read Economics.
Amoaning in the interview narrated how he walked from Asuaba to Adeiso, a distance of about 6-kilometers on a daily basis to attend school.
He said he was motivated to persevere because of his poor background.
Following that, the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat in the Office of the President in a press statement issued Tuesday, November 24, 2020 by the Registrar, Kingsley Agyemang said, “H.E. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has taken notice of a social media video reporting of the excellent results of Thomas Amoaning who lives in Asuaba near Adeiso and attended Adeiso SHS.”
It said the student reportedly scored 8 ‘A’s in the recently released WASSCE results.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
