Not less than 250 successful candidates for the 2012/2013 Rivers Governors Special Overseas Scholarship will depart the country this September for the pogramme.
The Executive Director of the Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency (RSSDA) Mr. Noble who said this at a briefing in his office noted that, the affected students will be departing the country for their A level programme.
Mr Pepple said that, the Agency does not compromise in the selection process, stressing that only the best candidates in each of the local Government Areas are given opportunity for the programme.
He also said that, apart from giving opportunities to indigenes, ten percent of the programme are given to non indigenes residents in the state
The Executive Director said that the programme which gulps billions of naira was part of the Governor Amaechi Administration’s commitment towards manpower development for the state.
He urged the successful candidates to make the best of their opportunities, stressing that the Agency will not hesitate to send any one of them who misbehaved back to the country. Mr pepple later told Journalists that the briefing was organised to provide opportunity for interaction between the Agency, parents and the candidates with the view to enlightening them on the processes involved in the selection.
Also speaking, Mr Nnodim Michael a parent, described the process as very transparent, noting that it is an indication that things are beginning to be done right in the society.
Mr Michael who is a civil servant also commended Governor Amaechi for the programme stressing that it has given opportunities to a number of children from poor homes to have quality education.
Also speaking, another parent Mrs Power Angelin Lucky Ihuoma also commended the Government for the programme and urged for it to be sustained.