14 Nyandarua students get Equity Bank scholarship
Olkalou Equity Bank Branch Manager Pius Gitau (in blue suit) flags off 2019 Wings to Fly programme in the town on December 30, 2019. PHOTO | JOHN NDUNGU | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Fourteen bright and needy students from Nyandarua Central have been awarded Equity Bank’s Wings to Fly scholarship.
The students, who sat Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination this year, will be among the 16,168 students who have benefitted from the scholarship programme, also sponsored by MasterCard Foundation and the German government.
Speaking during the announcement of the beneficiaries of the scholarship, Ol’Kalou Equity Bank Branch Manager Pius Gitau said the beneficiaries will have all their secondary school education expenses paid for.
MORAL SUPPORT
“Parents and guardians of these children will only provide moral support for these children since the rest of the costs, including tuition and boarding fees, books, uniform and pocket money, will be taken care of by the scholarship for the (next) four years,” said Mr Gitau.
Mr Karanja Guchu, a casual labourer from Kipipiri Constituency thanked the bank for offering his daughter, who scored 370 marks in this year’s KCPE exam, the scholarship.
Mr Guchu said he would not have managed to meet the cost of his daughter's secondary school education from his meagre pay.
The Wings to Fly scholarship programme will be officially launched on January 3, 2020 in Nairobi.
