Thirty-four students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) College of Engineering were on Wednesday presented with cheques totaling GH¢57,500.00 to aid them in the pursuit of their academic programmes.
They received amounts ranging from GH¢500.00 to GH¢3,000.00.
The selection for support was based on academic brilliance and economic background.
The monies were jointly contributed by five organizations and an Australia-based Ghanaian Chemical Engineer and philanthropist, Professor Jonas Addae-Mensah.
Toyota Ghana Limited, Vodafone Ghana, Baker Hughes Ghana Limited, an oil and gas-based company, Genser Power Ghana Limited, a consultancy firm and Educational Pathway, a US-based NGO are the organizations.
Prof William Otoo Ellis, Vice-Chancellor, underlined the importance of stronger partnership between academia and industry to advance academic work through the provision of scholarship, students' internship and infrastructure development.
This was the way to go to make the university a centre of excellence in the delivery of quality science and technology education for accelerated economic growth.
Prof Ellis thanked the donors for the gesture and said the college, in its effort to motivate engineering students and enhance their performance, had rolled out three award schemes and invited corporate bodies to help sustain them.
These include the "Top student", "Excellent student" and the "Most Improved Student" awards.
Mr Steve Rossiter, Operations Manager of Baker Hughes Ghana Limited, urged the students to take advantage of the assistance and work hard to achieve excellence.