Bursaries available
Students are struggling to get bursaries for tertiary institutions, forcing many of them to stay at home due to financial problems. With education being extremely expensive, tertiary education in particular - students have to make sure that they understand the importance of attaining good marks in school in order to stand a chance of qualifying for a bursary.
StudieTrust, an independent national bursary organisation in Cape Town is now calling on students to make early applications for bursaries. Zama Mojalefa, one the organizations representative told VOC’s Afternoon Cruise that when learners apply for a bursary, they should bear in mind that it comes with many criterion. “Bursaries are hard to get and one needs to have good marks in order to get it. The earlier the application is made, students will push to higher their marks before the year ends,” she said.
She said that their bursary programmes offered to students this year aims to give away various bursaries at universities and FET colleges of the student’s choice. “The bursary also entitles them to choose their field of study, weather its engineering or beauty therapy. We want to make sure that we cover all career fields in our bursary programe and if the student is entitled a full cost bursary, we will ensure that whatever they need is covered for the year including student accommodation,” she explained.
She added that certain fields of study will have larger amounts to the bursary. Mojalefa said that students need to have a pass percentage of 70% for mathematics, 65% for English and physical science and 60% for all other subjects. “They need to make sure that they match the criteria of the application. However, if the university requires a particular percentage to get in, then we will go according to the institute’s criteria, applying the same as theirs,” she said.
She urged students to make application as soon as possible as the Studietrust bursary application period for 2013 has already started in April and will continue up till 31st August 2012. “Completed application forms must be submitted to us not later than 30th September if you want to be considered for a bursary for 2013. Late applications will not be considered,” she said.
“If the person does not have access to our online applications then they can sms their name, surname and address to 31022 and we will send them and application form as soon as we receive their sms. You can also download the application from our website www.studietrust.org.za if you do not prefer the online registration,” she said.
Only applications from South African citizens studying at public educational institutions will be considered. If you would like to know more on the Studietrust bursary program or how you can make application for a bursary you can contact Zama Mojalefa on 011 477 2831 or 086 607 6604 or you can visit the web page on www.studytrust.org.za. VOC (Aishah Cassiem)
StudieTrust, an independent national bursary organisation in Cape Town is now calling on students to make early applications for bursaries. Zama Mojalefa, one the organizations representative told VOC’s Afternoon Cruise that when learners apply for a bursary, they should bear in mind that it comes with many criterion. “Bursaries are hard to get and one needs to have good marks in order to get it. The earlier the application is made, students will push to higher their marks before the year ends,” she said.
She said that their bursary programmes offered to students this year aims to give away various bursaries at universities and FET colleges of the student’s choice. “The bursary also entitles them to choose their field of study, weather its engineering or beauty therapy. We want to make sure that we cover all career fields in our bursary programe and if the student is entitled a full cost bursary, we will ensure that whatever they need is covered for the year including student accommodation,” she explained.
She added that certain fields of study will have larger amounts to the bursary. Mojalefa said that students need to have a pass percentage of 70% for mathematics, 65% for English and physical science and 60% for all other subjects. “They need to make sure that they match the criteria of the application. However, if the university requires a particular percentage to get in, then we will go according to the institute’s criteria, applying the same as theirs,” she said.
She urged students to make application as soon as possible as the Studietrust bursary application period for 2013 has already started in April and will continue up till 31st August 2012. “Completed application forms must be submitted to us not later than 30th September if you want to be considered for a bursary for 2013. Late applications will not be considered,” she said.
“If the person does not have access to our online applications then they can sms their name, surname and address to 31022 and we will send them and application form as soon as we receive their sms. You can also download the application from our website www.studietrust.org.za if you do not prefer the online registration,” she said.
Only applications from South African citizens studying at public educational institutions will be considered. If you would like to know more on the Studietrust bursary program or how you can make application for a bursary you can contact Zama Mojalefa on 011 477 2831 or 086 607 6604 or you can visit the web page on www.studytrust.org.za. VOC (Aishah Cassiem)
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