The acting secretary MTN foundation Odunayo Sanya said the annual MTN scholarship has commenced. She said they really know the importance and impact of education and technology in the development of our nation. The annual scholarship which is usually in two schemes

1 Science and technology scholarship scheme (STSS

2 Scholarship scheme for blind student ( SSBS) which has started on the 15th of July and all students in accredited institutions in Nigeria can participate only if he/ she has a CGPA of 3.5 ( Second class upper) and for the SSBS , student should be in second or third year with a CGPA of 2.5 or it's equivalent.
She added that the sum of #200,000 will be awarded to each winner including their tuition,book allowance till graduation as long as they are still maintaining the require grades.