Stanbic Bank Ghana has presented 50 laptops to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) as part of the university’s Support One Needy Student, One Laptop (SONSOL) project – an initiative that aims to help brilliant but needy students.
Presenting the laptops to some students at a symbolic event in Kumasi, Kojo Akoi-Larbi, Manager – Communications at the bank, said Stanbic is committed to efforts that support the well-being of the society.
“Regarding the initiative for the brilliant and needy students, we could not but help with this wonderful initaitive. If we are able to empower our students, especially the female students, who are unable to afford a laptop, it’ll be in keeping with our brand focus on STEM education for girls. The fourth industrial revolution demands the use of digital skills and tools, and we hope to help these students to be part of the new way of life. It is especially pressing that we empower our female students to be at the table in the virtual world,” he said.
He added: “This support is part of our Dream Catchers project to encourage female students to embrace STEM programmes at school. For a brand that believes in finding new ways to make dreams possible, we hope that this support will be the foundtaion for our students to catch their dreams and help others in the future”.
Vice Chancellor of KNUST, Professor Rita Akosua Dickson, in her address, welcomed the kind gesture of the various institutions that came on board to help with the initiative. She stated the importance of the project to the initiative, tailored to give the brilliant but needy students a fair share of access to technology studies, and also enhance the quality teaching and learning of science and technology.
The SONSOL project is an initiative of the Vice Chancellor of KNUST, which aims at supporting needy student with laptops to help them pursue their university education. Stanbic Bank Ghana, as part of its commitment to make dreams possible – through high impact interventions including education – for the people of Ghana, pledged to donate 200 laptops over a period of 4 years in support of the project.
