By Funmi Ogundare
Seven female students have benefitted from the Osaide for Girls in Science and Engineering Foundation scholarship award, aimed at promoting and advancing the education of young people in the area of Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Four were drawn from the secondary category, while three from the university.
They are; Miss Esohe Idemudia and Purity Eloghosa Edegbe of St.Maria Goretti Girls Grammar School, Franca Osaigbovo of Oba Akenzua Secondary School, Mercy Osawonyi of Imaguero Girls Secondary School, all in Benin Edo State.
Others in the university category include; a Chemical Engineering student, Miss Esther Imhande, Civil Engineering student of Jasmine Aizenosa Nosa-Ehima, as well as Hephzibah Chidimma Maduka, a postgraduate student, all from University of Benin.