Kugcine ukubuyekezwa ngoSepthemba 12, 2025
- ihlomisa abathweswe iziqu zemifundaze yangaphambili
Abafundi abangamakhulu amathathu namashumi ayisikhombisa bathole imifundaze kwaMTN Foundation ngesikhathi kunemicimbi yokuklomelisa esanda kubanjelwa e-Abuja, Lagos nase-Owerri. Umqondisi, Isayensi Nobuchwepheshe, UMnyango Wezemfundo Wesifunda SaseLagos, uGrace Akifoyewa, Umsizi Okhethekile Okhethekile Wezemfundo kuMbusi, Isifunda saseLagos, u-Adetola Salau, uMqondisi, i-ICT, Ikhomishana Kazwelonke Yamakolishi Ezemfundo, uPius Ekireghwo kanye nezinye izicukuthwane eziphawulekayo zazikhona.
I-MTN Scholarship yaqalwa ngo-2009 futhi inikeza ukwesekwa kwabafundi abenze kahle ngokusebenzisa imiklomelo yaminyaka yonke kubafundi emikhakheni emithathu: Izifundo Zesayensi Nobuchwepheshe, IScholarship for Blind Students, kanye neScholarship yabafundi abangu-10 abahamba phambili be-UTME. Ngalesi sinyathelo, abafundi baseNigeria abangaphezu kwe-4,200 bathole imifundaze yenani elingaphezu kwe-NGN 2.3billion.
Izazi ezisanda kuklonyeliswa zizojabulela isibonelelo sonyaka ngamunye sokufunda, isibonelelo sezincwadi kanye nesibonelelo sikahulumeni, kuze kube yilapho bethweswa iziqu, inqobo nje uma begcina i-CGPA ye-3.5 noma okulingana nayo.
Emcimbini waseLagos, abamukeli bakhuthazwa ukuba bahlale bekhuthele ezifundweni zabo. Umqondisi weMTN Foundation, uDennis Okoro, uthe, “Namuhla umgubho wokwenza kahle, okufanekiselwa yilezi zinsizwa nezintombi.
Iminyaka engu-11, lolu hlelo lusebenze njengenkundla ekhuthaza ukusebenza kahle. Kube yindlela yokuqinisekisa ukuthi abanye abantu besizwe sakithi abakhaliphile bayaphumelela ezifundweni, okubasondeza ekufezeni izifiso zabo zemfundo,” ephetha.
UNobhala Omkhulu we-MTN Foundation, u-Odunayo Sanya, uthe, “Njengenhlangano, sinentshisekelo empumelelweni yentsha yethu futhi siyazi ukuthi ukufinyelela emfundweni esezingeni kuyinikeza amathuluzi ukuze ibe uhlobo olungcono kakhulu lwayo.”
Eminyakeni emine edlule, abathweswe iziqu zeMTN Scholarship nabo babambe iqhaza ku-'Skill Up!' - ishabhu yokusebenzela eklanyelwe ukuhlomisa izifundiswa ngamakhono adingekayo emhlabeni womsebenzi. Kulo nyaka, i-MTN Foundation ibambisene neProject Management Institute (PMI) emhlanganweni wokucobelelana ngolwazi wamasonto amabili, ihlomisa abaphothule ngo-2021 ngamakhono obuchwepheshe ukuze baphathe amaphrojekthi ngempumelelo.