Uganda Christian University in Mukono was handed a cheque by Stanbic Officials worth Ugx 75 million, money aimed to benefit 20 brilliant students with financial challenges to supporting their Education at tertiary level for 2018-2019.
Recent UCU admission figures indicate only about 15% of the students join the university with some form of official scholastic support. The remaining 85% are sponsored by Parents and Guardians.
However, many of these come from underprivileged backgrounds and face challenges paying their fees in time. As a result their studies suffer and some fail to graduate.
To qualify for the scholarship the students had to maintain a GPA average of 3.5 and above.
Uganda Christian University is a private, not-for-profit University which was founded in 1997 by the Church of Uganda to expand higher education. Bishop Tucker Theological College was promoted into a University which was chartered by the Government of Uganda in 2004.
