[Photos] 2015 Independence Day awards

Twenty students from the 10 regions of Ghana have been awarded with the President’s Independence Day Awards.

It was instituted in 1993 to award scholarships to deserving Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) graduates.

In previous years, a student from each region was awarded but a suggestion from the Ghana Education Service (GES) in 2001, saw the number increased to make room for a boy and a girl from each region.

The 2015 President’s Independence Day Awards was on the theme: “Achieving transformation through national unity”.

The winners for this year are; Priscilla Essiful and Frank Toko Oduro, from the Ashanti region, Esther Adwoa Serwa Gyabaah and Ebenezer Bekoe Gyan, from the Brong Ahafo region, Baaba Tekyi Mensah and Lawrence Akwasi Owusu, from the Central region, whiles Joycelyne Maccarthy Asiedu and Benjamin Okata Ofosuhene are from the Eastern Region.

The others are Beauty Adzormaxe and Charles Gagbe Nukunu, from the Greater Accra region, Elsie Naah Mwineyelleh and William Kwabena Akoto, from the Northern region whiles Ruby Dogfonuoh Tater and James Ayogbire Adogo are from the Upper East region.

The rest are Felicia Tungbani and Mohaideen Suburu, from the Upper West region, Enyonam Mansah Gasu and Godsway Alhassan, from Volta Region and Christina Amua-Sekyi Acquah and Matthew Asare Manso are from the Western region.