Cooperative Bank unveils it 2020 Secondary School Scholarship

Co-operative Bank has promised that it sponsor 655 gifted but needy Form One students from across the 47 counties in Kenya. The sponsorship will be issued to 2019 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education Candidates who performed well in the examinations. The purpose of this charity is to enhance education by sponsoring bright destitute students and ensuring their comfortable transition from primary to secondary school. The bank’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Gideon Muriuki has said that the financial institution is planning to spend approximately 155 million shillings or thereaboutsto facilitate this program. Albeit in recent days, the media has been awash with reports of some form one students facing challenges raising their school fees, this programme is in its 10th successive year. Boasting to be among institutions that have been supporting such needy students, cooperative bank announced that this year is sponsoring 655 gifted under the Co-operative Bank Foundation Scholarship Scheme in 2020. Muriuki says of the 655 cases 420 were identified by the bank’s Regional Delegates’ Forums and the remaining 235 scholarships, at 5 per county, awarded by County Governments in all the 47 counties. Additionally, the bank is ensuring a smooth transition into university education through educating a total of 177 students who have been selected from the top performing beneficiaries of the secondary school scholarships. Following the 2020 intake, the Co-operative Bank will have provided full education sponsorship to 7,640 deserving Kenyans, of whom 7,332 will have gone through secondary education and 308 university studies. THE bank CEO, Muriuki has called on other corporate institutions and all people of goodwill to unit and support needy and gifted Kenya children to realize their life dreams through goal 4 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals that has challenged the world is to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.