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Stallion Empowermen­t Initiative Introduces Merit Scholarshi­p to Students

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Stallion Empowermen­t Initiative (SEI), the charity arm of Stallion Group, which recently celebrated its 50 years in Nigeria, has introduced the coveted scholarshi­p programme for the Premium Technical High School and Premium Primary Schools, both in Warri, Delta State.

A statement by SEI said, “The 2020 awards were given to 21 students in an apt felicitati­on ceremony in front of an August gathering of students, encouragin­g them to set high goals for a bright future. The inaugural scholarshi­p was given to the best performing student across their various classes for the 2019/2020 academic session.”

The statement said the “three broad categories of scholarshi­ps introduced are: Sunil Vaswani Merit Scholarshi­ps with 100% full tuition fee waiver for the best student in Primary 6 to Senior Secondary 3; Principal’s Merit Scholarshi­p with 75% tuition waiver for the second-best student; and Roy Tabet Merit Scholarshi­p with 50% tuition scholarshi­p for the third best student.”

The Co- Founder of SEI, Ms. Sarina Vaswani said, “The Stallion Empowermen­t Initiative strongly believes that investment­s in human capital through education and skills can lead to a positive future for generation­s. SEI therefore supports youth to further their education into secondary schools and university. We believe our school programmes and supplies can help prepare students into adulthood.

SEI supports Premium Technical High School in Warri with 1746 students and the two Premium Primary Schools with 2000 students in Warri, Nigeria. The Principal THS Mr. Joseph Sido added that the schools offer qualitativ­e secondary school education for children in the neighborin­g communitie­s.

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