The Funza Lushaka Bursary
Course(s) Offered: Education, Teaching
Course Level: Undergraduate, Postgraduate
Provider: South African Govt
Country to Study in: South Africa
Scholarship Description
The Funza Lushaka Bursary Programme is a multi-year programme to promote teaching equally a profession. Bursaries are available to enable eligible students to consummate a teaching qualification inward an expanse of national priority. Recipients of these bursaries volition hold upwards required to learn at a world schoolhouse for the same reveal of years that they received the bursary.
Recipients of the bursary must apply on-line for the bursary every year. The recipient must besides consummate the placement data equally required every year. The provincial teaching subdivision (PED) volition house a graduate bursar inward a suitable teaching post. If a item PED does non conduct keep a suitable teaching postal service for the graduate bursar, the applicant may hold upwards placed inward a PED that does conduct keep a suitable post. Please authorities annotation that bursars cannot conduct the schoolhouse inward which they would similar to hold upwards placed together with placement cannot hold upwards deferred for whatever reason.
The FLB Programme is funded past times the National Treasury together with executed past times the Department of Education (DoE). The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) administers the programme on behalf of the DoE via the Student Financial Aid Office at each Higher Education Institution (HEI).
Eligibility
Any academically gifted, immature –
Selection Criteria:
Selection criteria include the following:
Course(s) Offered: Education, Teaching
Course Level: Undergraduate, Postgraduate
Provider: South African Govt
Country to Study in: South Africa
Scholarship Description
The Funza Lushaka Bursary Programme is a multi-year programme to promote teaching equally a profession. Bursaries are available to enable eligible students to consummate a teaching qualification inward an expanse of national priority. Recipients of these bursaries volition hold upwards required to learn at a world schoolhouse for the same reveal of years that they received the bursary.
Recipients of the bursary must apply on-line for the bursary every year. The recipient must besides consummate the placement data equally required every year. The provincial teaching subdivision (PED) volition house a graduate bursar inward a suitable teaching post. If a item PED does non conduct keep a suitable teaching postal service for the graduate bursar, the applicant may hold upwards placed inward a PED that does conduct keep a suitable post. Please authorities annotation that bursars cannot conduct the schoolhouse inward which they would similar to hold upwards placed together with placement cannot hold upwards deferred for whatever reason.
The FLB Programme is funded past times the National Treasury together with executed past times the Department of Education (DoE). The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) administers the programme on behalf of the DoE via the Student Financial Aid Office at each Higher Education Institution (HEI).
Eligibility
Any academically gifted, immature –
- learners, currently inward Grade 12;
- graduates who desire to consummate a teaching qualification (enrol for a PGCE);
- people who desire to brand a career alter together with acquire teachers; and
- unemployed people who desire to acquire teachers.
Selection Criteria:
Selection criteria include the following:
- The bursary is exclusively awarded to South African citizens amongst a valid South African ID number;
- The applicant should demonstrate skillful academic ability
Eligible groups
Citizens of South Africa
Participating Institutions
This is a national programme that is run locally at every HEI that offers instructor teaching programmes.
Fields of study
Programmes to hold upwards funded:
Two types of qualifications tin hold upwards funded. The qualification must include subjects which volition allow the educatee to specialise equally a instructor inward at to the lowest degree ii priority areas:
1). Undergraduate studies
- 4-year Bachelor of Education aeroplane (B Ed), specialising inward Foundation Phase (Grade R – 3), Intermediate Phase (Grade four – 6), Senior Phase (Grade seven – 9) together with FET Phase (Grade 10-12).
- One-year Postgraduate Certificate inward Education (PGCE) for graduates whose degrees include at to the lowest degree i major inward i of the ii priority subjects.
Phase (Grade R - 3) together with Intermediate Phase (Grade four – 6), or the Intermediate Phase together with Senior
Phase, or the Senior Phase (Grade seven – 9) together with FET Phase (Grade 10 –12). These combined
qualifications are besides acceptable.
Number of awards
Not specified, several volition hold upwards given
Sponsorship duration
The bursary is awarded for i academic yr at a time. It is non automatically re-awarded. Reaward volition depend on academic success. There is no automatic hope of back upwards for four years summation 1 to a greater extent than year. On prove of academic success, together with pending the availability of funds, the bursary
may hold upwards renewed each yr until the recipient of the bursary has qualified equally a teacher. Recipients of bursaries volition hold upwards required to learn i yr for every yr for which they have a bursary.
Scholarship benefits
Funza Lushaka bursaries embrace near of the recipient’s essential expenses. Expenses may covered include tuition, accommodation including meals, books together with learning materials, together with if possible a small-scale allowance for monthly living expenses. The resources allotment to whatever private educatee is capped at a specific value. Where the academy charges to a greater extent than than the capped value the bursars volition conduct keep to peak upwards from ain funds. Universities conduct keep dissimilar terms structures, then the full value of a bursary differs from establishment to institution.
Method of Application
Applications must exclusively hold upwards made in i lawsuit students conduct keep been allocated a valid educatee reveal and conduct keep been accepted/provisionally accepted at their academy of choice. All applications must hold upwards made online at www.funzalushaka.doe.gov.za. Take authorities annotation of the closing date. No applications volition hold upwards entertained afterwards the closing date. Students must apply online together with submit supporting documentation to the university.
After your application has been completed online, y'all volition hold upwards prompted to brand a printout. This volition serve equally proof of your application. Keep a re-create for yourself, together with submit a re-create to the academy where y'all conduct keep been accepted together with where y'all volition hold upwards registering.
It is of import to read through the FAQs together with the 2018 Application Notes; together with besides to view the official website (link to it is below) for consummate data on applications.
DEADLINES:
Applications for the Funza Lushaka bursary for whatever coming yr begins from 01 Oct of the previous year. Applications for 2018 volition hold upwards accepted from 01 Oct 2017. Re-applications unopen on 17 Nov 2017; While novel applications unopen on 12 Jan 2018
PLEASE NOTE:
Qualified recipients of the bursary must asking placement inward a tell of their choice. The provincial teaching subdivision (PED) concerned volition hit upwards one's heed whether at that spot is suitable postal service available. If at that spot is not, the applicant may hold upwards placed inward a PED that does conduct keep suitable vacancies. Please authorities annotation that bursars cannot conduct the schoolhouse inward which they would similar to hold upwards placed.
Application Deadline: 12 Jan 2018
Open to International students: No (ONLY South Africans)
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Related: Scholarships inward South Africa for International Students
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