Beneficiaries of the TSSI are selected through a rigorous process. The Ghana Education Service’s (GES) list of less-endowed secondary schools provides the primary source of potential beneficiaries. The list includes data on students admitted to either the University of Ghana, UCC or KNUST, including their secondary schools’ regional affiliations, aggregate obtained in WASSCE, and program of study.
Each year, the initiative aims to select10 students, with one student from each of the ten regions of Ghana. However, due to the recent creation of new regions, plans are being initiated to select one student from all sixteen regions.
Beneficiaries have sometimes been recommended by the Board of Trustees or have received assistance following appeals made through social media.
LIST OF CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF PROSPECTIVE BENEFICIARIES
1. Admission into any public university in Ghana (preferably University of Ghana and KNUST):
- University of Ghana
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
- University of Cape Coast
- University of Mines and Technology
- University of Professional Studies
- University for Development Studies
- University of Health and Allied Sciences, Hohoe
- Kumasi Technical University
- Ho Technical University
- University of Energy and Natural Resources
- Cape Coast Technical University
- Takoradi Technical University
- Sunyani Technical University
- University of Media Arts and Communication
- Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration
- Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies
- Presbyterian University
2. Selection of students should be limited to students who gained admission into the university from the Ghana Education Service’s (GES) approved list of less-endowed schools
3. One student each to be selected from all the sixteen regions in Ghana
4. JHS attended by student should be used to determine the region they reside in
5. A system to determine the student is in dire need of financial support
6. Show admission letter as proof of admission
7. Only applicants with regular student status can proceed to next level of shortlisting
8. Fee-paying students are not allowed to advance to the next stage of selection process