Needy students from Kisii County who qualified to join this year's Elimu Scholarship Programme. [Eric Abuga, Standard]The scramble for 9,000 scholarships for top KCPE performers from poor families has started with details of applications and criteria of allocation released. The ministry identified the Equity Group Foundation (EGF) as the Partner Agency to design and support the implementation of the Elimu Scholarship Programme. Details of the Elimu Scholarship Programme, show that candidates with special needs and disabilities (physical, hearing and visual impairments, autism, albinism, learning disabilities and others) will be considered. Candidates picked for the programme will have their fees paid for the entire secondary education programme.

Source: Standard Digital April 24, 2021 03:56 UTC