Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited has awarded scholarships to seven(7) needy brilliant students at the University of Cape Coast(UCC).

The students - five undergraduates and two postgraduates - will benefit from two endowment funds: the Standard Chartered Science Education Trust Fund and Standard Chartered Kenneth Dadzie Memorial Education Trust Fund.

The beneficiary undergraduate students are Bismark Kyei, BSc Nursing; Lovia Boahemaa, BSc Agricultural Engineering; Kumah Raphael Sombawire, PHARM. D; Isaac Danso Amoah, BSc Forensic Sciences and Justice Gyaaba Karikari, Doctor of Pharmacy (PHARM. D).

The postgraduate students are Michael Adu-Gyamfi and Anator Clara Mawuena, MSc Economics.

Addressing the students at a brief ceremony at Standchart Bank Headquarters in Accra, the Acting Board Chairman of the Bank, Mr. Ebenezer Twum Asante, advised the students to focus on their studies and take advantage of the opportunity offered them to perform well.

He told them to be committed, hardworking with positive ethical values that would enable them to achieve their potentials and dreams to the pathway of success.

One of the beneficiaries, Justice Gyaaba Karikari, on behalf of his fellow beneficiaries, expressed appreciation to Stanchart for the scholarship.