The MasterCard Foundation, a Toronto-based independent, global organisation, is assisting the Campaign for Female Education, Ghana (Camfed-Ghana), with US$ 41.7 million to support 4,000 girls through Senior High School (SHS) and 2,000 young women through tertiary education in Ghana.
Under the MasterCard Foundation/Camfed-Ghana partnership, the first class of 70 tertiary scholars have gained admissions for the 2013 academic year to a number of partner tertiary institutions while the first class of 720 secondary scholars will join the programme for the 2013/2014 academic year at selected Ghana Education Service (GES) category A and B SHSs in the Central, Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions.
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