Ghana - Apply for Education Trust Fund (GETFund)

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Procedure

Apply In-Person:

1. To Apply for Education Trust Fund (GET Fund), the applicant must go to the Scholarship Secretariat in Ghana contact link
2. Then, the applicant can get their application form.
3. Applicant has to enter all information in the application form.
4. Make sure that his/her have all the documents listed in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
5. Please refer to the fees details in the “Fees” section of this page. Pay the appropriate fees where the officials would start processing your application.
6. Completed application form must submit to the respective office.
7. Your grant proposal will contain everything about your project or what you intend to do with the funding you can avail from the government. One of the keys to learning how to apply for government grants is to learn to write a good grant proposal. Of course, your proposal will be the basis of the approval of your grant.
8. Although you are asking for funding, it can be impressive for any funding agency or, in this case, the government to see your part or your contribution in the attainment of that project. If you don't have an amount of cash as counterpart, then you can also present your labour and other resources as your budgetary counterpart in the fulfilment of the project. Of course, you don't have to everything to the funding you will receive.
9. If you lack requirements, all your efforts may be put to waste and your application denied. After you have submitted everything to the Education Trust Fund (GETFund) or concerned agencies, you can now then wait for the notification of approval of your grant.
10. Generally, the processing time for this procedure is 6 weeks.

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Required Documents

• Application form
• Copies of registration of the institution.
• Bank details of the institution (proof)
• A letter from the ministry of education supporting the institution
• A copy of a document identifying the applicant
• Three recent passport photographs.
• Chart of prescribed fees.
• Cover letter from local Authorities
• Cover letter from the District Chief Executives from the Local District of origin.

Office Locations & Contacts

Location: Accra
Address: Ghana scholarship secretariat
Government office, Haile Selassie St, Accra, Ghana.
HR44+JH Accra, Ghana
Phone number: +233 30 290 7058
P.O Box. M 75, Accra, Ghana.
Telephone number- +233(0)302 662681
Fax -+233(0)302 662732
Email id – [email protected]
Location link
Website: Link

Eligibility

• All agencies and institutions for which the Ministry of Education (MoE) has oversight and supervisory responsibility are Eligible.

Fees

• A Fee for this procedure has to be paid as per authority request.

Validity

• Valid for 5-10 years depending on the Fund purpose.

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Processing Time

• The Processing time for this procedure is 6 weeks.

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Instructions

Applicant can apply for the grant in the following category.

•  Provision of Computers and other Equipment for Tertiary institutions, setting up ICT centres
  
•  Subsidies for Tertiary Academic Facility User Fee.
  
•  Trucks for carting of materials/books to Basic Schools.
  
•  Grants for Annual Best Teacher Award.
  
• Grants to Students Loan Scheme.
  
•  Grants to Scholarship Secretariat.
  
•  Construction of dormitory blacks for Secondary Schools.
  
•  Construction of classroom blocks for Second-Cycle and Basic schools.
  
•  Funding to elimination of schools under trees.
  
•  Construction of Pre-Schools
  
•  Construction of VOTEC Resources centers in all regions
  
•  Payment for school Text Books
  
•  Funding Faculty Development Programmed
  
•  Grants for research in Tertiary Institutions
  
•  Provision of buses for Private Tertiary institutions/Construction of hostels for Public Tertiary Institutions
  
•  Provision of buses for Teacher Training Colleges
  
•  Payments for numerous Infrastructural Projects in the Tertiary Institutions
  
•  Provision of vehicles for Tertiary Institutions
  
•  Provision of buses for all Girls Secondary Schools
  

Required Information

• Name of the applicant.
• Identification number
• Contact address and Phone number
• Business Plan information
• Citizenship
• Income details

Need for the Document

• The GETFund also provides funding to support the procurement of educational equipment, and promotion of staff development and research, especially at the tertiary level.

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