Report on the Gnpc Verification and Renewal Exercise (25th April - 6th May 2022)

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST

STUDENTS’ FINANCIAL SUPPORT OFFICE

REPORT ON THE GNPC VERIFICATION AND RENEWAL EXERCISE

(25^TH APRIL -  6^TH MAY 2022)

1.0        INTRODUCTION

The Students’ Financial Support Office is an office that was established and inaugurated under the Office of the Vice-Chancellor on 19^th December 2019 to provide financial assistance to needy but brilliant /promising regular and distance students at the University of Cape Coast and also coordinate all other scholarship from external and internal sources. Since the Office is in charge of coordinating all financial assistance for Students, the Office from 26^th April 2022 to 6^th May 2022 liaised with the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Foundation to help with the Scholar’s verification and renewal of scholarships.

The GNPC Scholarship is a full scholarship open to brilliant but needy undergraduate/postgraduate students in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM), Agricultural Sciences, Special Education, Environment, etc. The Scholarship covers tuition, accommodation, living expenses, and learning materials. A scholarship is awarded to a Scholar for his/ her educational period which is normally four years for undergraduate and two years for postgraduate students. Since the Scholarship is given for an educational period, the GNPC Scholarship Foundation organizes a verification and renewal exercise each academic year to know if the Scholar is still with the University or not, and also as a way of checking the academic performance of the Scholars. This report, therefore, covers the activities during the verification and renewal exercise from 26^th April, 2022 to 6^th May, 2022.

2.0   RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE OFFICE DURING THE EXERCISE

Since the Students’ Financial Support Office is in charge of coordinating all scholarships from both internal and external sources, the office was assigned some responsibilities during the verification and renewal exercise. These responsibilities were;

1. Allocating a venue for the GNPC Officials to conduct the exercise
2. Ensuring the observance of the COVID-19 protocols at the venue.
3. Giving post notification of the verification and renewal exercise on the various notice boards.
4. Assisting the GNPC Officials with the verification and renewal exercise.
5. Endorsing of Scholars’ renewal forms.
6. Verification of Scholars’ statement of results.

3.0   SUPPORTING MEMBERS PRESENT

Mrs. Irene Boakye Asiamah, the GNPC Official, was the coordinator for the exercise. She was however assisted by other members to hasten the process of the verification and renewal exercise. The supporting members who were present were;

1. The Financial Support Administrator from the Students’ Financial Support Office
2.  The Executives of the UCC GNPC Scholarship with their reps from each cohort
3.  The staff of the Students’ Financial Support Office