A statement issued by UMB and copied to the Ghana News Agency said the presentation would go a long way to boost the dream of Pius Kyere, a first year student at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, to become a neurosurgeon.

  It said the scholarship was presented to him at the WAEC Distinction Awards, which recognised the top performing students in the 2016 WASSCE.

  It noted that in addition to the full scholarship, UMB also presented a laptop to Pius and also pledged to open an account for him with a starting balance of $1,000.

      The statement said the Chief Executive Officer of UMB, Mr John Awuah presenting the award, called for the curriculum at all levels of Ghana’s educational system to focus on innovation.

    “The world continues to change at a bewildering pace and we must equip our young people with the skills and technology to be on top of this change and to use it to their advantage,” the statement quoted him as saying.

   Mr Awuah also announced that UMB was expanding its partnership with WAEC by offering another scholarship to one needy but brilliant student who also excelled at the WASCCE.

    It said among the dignitaries present at the event included the Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the Director General of the Ghana Education Service, Mr Jacob Kor, Head of the WAEC Ghana office, Very Reverend Dr Sam Nii Ollenu, Ghana’s representative on the WAEC Endowment Fund and Professor W.A Asomaning.