Sierra Leone Club of Columbus Ohio (SLCCO)

Scholarships for Students

The winners of the SLCCO Educational Awards Program scholarships.
Winners are honored with annual luncheons hosted by a member of the Executive Council/scholarship committee. The name of the awarded winners are more info....

Children are our future, and we want to make sure they’re prepared for what awaits them.

SLCCO’s Educational Awards Program helps put students on the right path through scholarship grants. Students in Junior and Senior Secondary Schools, or those who plan to enter Junior Secondary School, can apply for the scholarships, which are awarded annually on a competitive basis.

Program details appear below. For more information, contact the Sierra Leone Club of Columbus Website. (http://www.slccoonline.org).

Information for applicants

Each year, Sierra Leone Club of Columbus Ohio will award scholarships to eligible students in Sierra Leone. These awards are designed to identify and honor exceptionally able Junior and Senior Secondary school students, as well as to help offset the cost of education. SLCCO Scholarship Committee administers the program, and winners are selected by impartial educational experts from the organization. Each award will be allocated during the applicant's school attendance as follows:

First Academic Year	Le, 300,000.00
Second Academic Year	Le, 300,000.00
Third Academic Year	Le, 300,000.00

All completed application materials must be submitted to the SLCCO scholarship Committee by the Last Monday in July.

Eligibility

Applicants must in Junior or Senior Secondary school, or are planning to enter Junior Secondary school in the upcoming academic year. Students who receive full scholarship awards from other sources are not eligible to participate in this program. In addition, a child of a current member of the SLCCO is not eligible to receive an award.

Required application materials.
The following materials are required to complete the application process:

(1) Information Concerning Applicant Form. Print a copy of the Information Concerning Applicant form. This form is to be completed by the student who is applying for the scholarship. The completed form must be submitted to the SLCCO scholarship Committee by the September7,2009. Mail completed form to:-

SLCCO Scholarship Committee
Attn: Professor Cecil Fyle
Tertiary Education Commission
George Street
Freetown, Sierra Leone

(2) Recommendation for Scholarship. Print a copy of the Recommendation for Scholarship form. Give a copy of the form to the student's principal or headmaster. The completed form must be submitted directly to SLCCO from the Secondary school by September 7, 2009. Please do not provide supplementary application materials beyond the required information listed above.

For more information about this program please visit the SLCCO website at: http://www.slccoonline.org