The $100 million USA-Canada master’s degree program will help 1,000 young people.
The SOS-NEKOTECH USA/Canada Work-Study Master’s Degree Programme which seeks to benefit
1000 Ghanaian youth with 80% Prep School scholarships and up to $100 million in no-collateral loans packages for payment of tuition, books and accommodation for Masters Degrees programs in the USA and Canada will be launched virtually on April 3 with a virtual press conference online from 11am – 1pm.
The physical Work Study Fair will be held on April 12, 2023 at the Press Center in Accra for VIP Scholarship awardees, press and candidates.
Upon completion of the two years Master’s degree, the five-year STEM package offers three years of practical training with salaries $60,000-$150,000/year.
The programme is being organized by Educo USA, Nekotech Center’s African STEM & Sports Institute of Excellence (ASSIE), SOS Labour Ghana, SOS Global Investments Sierra Leone, SOS Women Transfer2Transform Malawi, Royal Return Ghana and the Journalists International Forum on Migration (JIFORM).
The programme was launched successfully by its CEO – Rev. Dr. Princess A.K. Ocansey- as a pilot program in Ghana in 2018, 2021 in Sierra Leone, 2022 in Malawi and 2023 in Zambia. It is now empowering African youth at top US Universities like University of Maryland, Duquesne in Pennsylvania, Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey and others. Additional countries, like Nigeria, Cameroon, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Ethiopia have recently joined.
The program is run in 5 areas: STEM, Sports, MBA, Healthcare and Multimedia.
The program prep school comes with private counselors, virtual lectures, admission assistance, industry led strategic course selections to ensure employment upon completion, school loan application assistance among other sevices for human development spiritually, physically and professionally.
The cost of the prep school is normally $2500 but with the scholarship award of $2000 per candidate – it comes to only $499.
The prep school for the September 2023 entry in the USA is set to start on April 25, 2023, therefore registration for this game changing opportunity ends on April 18, 2023.
Students aged 21-40, with a Bachelor’s Degree/Master’s Degree and GPA 3.0/4.0 and above can qualify and pursue their Master’s Degree in partner schools in the USA and Canada.
In addition, the program will award 100% Prep school scholarship awards to various government institutions to be announced on April 3.