Students with disabilities in Kano state are set to benefit from government scholarship as the state government has provided free scratch cards to enable eligible students enroll in its online scholarship registration.
Alhaji Abubakar Zakari, the Executive Secretary, Kano State Scholarship Board, said this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Kano.
Zakari stated this when indigent students with disabilities paid him a courtesy visit on Monday.
He said the gesture was designed to enable the students with disabilities studying in various tertiary institutions in the country to benefit from the scholarship scheme.
The secretary noted that Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje had approved the distribution of free scratch cards to students with disabilities, to encourage them towards achieving adecamic excellence.
He said the board had issued about 40, 000 scratch cards to promote participation in the exercise, adding that over 20, 000 students had so far applied for the scholarship.
Zakari revealed further that the state government also approved upward review of bursary allowances for students of the state studying in various institutions of higher learning in the country.
The state government has earmarked over N250 million to settle outstanding tuition fees and other clearance fees for its graduating students of Al Mansoura University, Egypt.