A non-for-profit making Sierra Leonean organisation based in the United State of America, greater Chicago, by the name of Sierra Education Fund, has supported ten students of the Milton Margai Technical University (MMTU) to pursue higher education in technical skill.
Speaking before presenting the scholarship, past President for the Sierra Education Fund, Kadia Koroma, said the Sierra Education Fund was created by Sierra Leoneans living the Greater Chicago region, United State of America, in an effort to providing support to Sierra Leoneans who are in pursuit of education.
Madam Koroma said they are supporting ten students with tuition fees and some stipend to facilitate their academic activities. “We are giving each student the sum of $300 per student and total of three thousand United States Dollars to the ten students benefiting from this scholarship”.
She said this is the second time their organization is supporting students at the Milton Margai Technical University and that the monies usually come from their annual dinner and support they are getting from goodwill friends and supporters of the organization.
Prof: Philip John Kanu is the Vice Chancellor and Principal of the Milton Margai Technical University, he expressed his sincere thanks and appreciation to the Sierra Education Fund for their support to the University and their students. It has been a difficult thing for students to support their tuition fees and other extra charges, but such support from Sierra Education fund is enviable and laudable, Prof Philip John Kanu stressed.
Professor Kanu further said that supporting the technical aspect of the education is their heartbeat and it is the desire of President Julius Maada Bio, and that is why he turned the institution to technical University, also they too have been doing their best to achieve the President’s dream. “I admire your lens in supporting girl education, which is President Bio’s baby, so giving 40% of your support to girls as part of the beneficiaries show your commitment to promoting girls’ education.
He encouraged the student who benefited from this scholarship to focus on their academic activities, and the support, he said, will be communicated to the authorities necessary, “we will also list Sierra Education Fund as part of the institutions that are supporting students at MMTU. I am hoping the Alumni will copy from Sierra education fund in terms of supporting students in this our university” Professor Kanu ended.
