THE National Community Foundation has presented scholarships to students who were successful at this year’s Common Entrance Examinations. Twenty-six students were awarded scholarships which will provide school books, tuition fees, shoes, uniforms and a termly travelling and meal allowance.
The ceremony took place at the St. Aloysius RC Boys Infant School+.
During the 2015– 2016 academic year the NCF spent $287,000.00 on the Educational Assistance Programme. The total number of NCF scholars now stands at 156.
The National Community Foundation (NCF) is a philanthropic, nonprofit, community – based, non-governmental organization that functions primarily as a grant-making institution. The NCF was established in August 2002 and supports initiatives that engender self-development and social upliftment through the provision of assistance to emerging individual and community needs in education, health, social services, art and culture, community development, environment and civic affairs.