BlueCrest College (BCC), Ghana has announced a generous presidential scholarship programme to encourage talented female IT students in the country. The recipient of this scholarship will pursue a four-year undergraduate degree in IT at BCC and will be recommended by the Heritage and Cultural Society of Africa (HACSA)
Rector Dr Anand Agrawal extended this scholarship to the NGO’s Founder President and CEO Ms Johanna Svanikier during a three-day HACSA Summit attended by several prominent speakers and experts from the industry, academia and politics.
Part of this event was a workshop called “Girls can Code” that BCC and The HACSA held together. Minister for Gender H on. Cynthia Male Morrison was the Guest of Honour at the Girls Can Code Roundtable and Workshop Lunch Event. Selected students were trained on Web Design using HTML, CSS and Bootstrap by BlueCrest students Ms Florence Abena Sika Nartey a.k.a Password (B.Sc IT Level 300) and Ms Claudia Mintogo (B.Sc IT Level 200).
This scholarship is part of several fresh initiatives launched by BCC to promote meritorious students across the nation. BCC established a stronghold in IT education in Ghana after it set up its first centre in Accra 20 years ago offering high-quality training programmes and courses. The institution gradually expanded to provide tertiary programmes in fashion, business, journalism, Oil&Gas etc.
It recently conducted nationwide National Competitive Examination and selected candidates for 50 100% scholarships, based on exam marks and performance in a successive interview round. Admissions are ongoing for the next batch in all the programmes.
BCC also offers two Masters programmes affiliated to the University of Sunderland, UK. It has partnerships with I BM, Oracle and Microsoft to offer exclusive training programmes for faculty and students.
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