Apply now for Athlone Trust bursaries
2005-11-17
FOR the past seven years the Athlone Institute Trust (AIT) in Paarl has been granting bursaries and bursary loans to promising and needy students who are permanent residents of Paarl and Mbekweni.
By the end of this year the AIT, via the Bursary Project Committee, will have assisted a total of 560 students to the value of R1,5 million at various registered tertiary institutions throughout South Africa.
Only students who are registered at a tertiary institution accredited by the Higher Council for Education may apply.
Next year the AIT will again grant a number of bursaries to tertiary students from their second year onwards.
Bursaries will be awarded with academic merit and/or financial need of the applicant as primary considerations.
A maximum of twenty bursary loans will be available to first year students with serious financial needs, but who must have obtained a minimum aggregate of 950 in the Matriculation Examination.
An applicant for either a bursary or bursary loan must:
* be a permanent resident of Paarl or Mbekweni AND a parish member in good standing of one of the member churches of the Athlone Institute Trust OR a parishioner in good standing of any bona fide church in Paarl;
* enrol at a registered tertiary institution for full-time undergraduate studies for 2006;
* have been promoted after the last year of study;
* show potential to study successfully;
* be willing to be involved in some form of community service in the Paarl/Mbekweni area under the supervision of the Bursary Project Committee.
Application forms and information are available at the offices of these churches in Paarl/Mbekweni: Bethel United Congregational Church, Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Immanuel UR Church, St Stephen’s Anglican Church, Zions UR Church and the Methodist Church in Mbekweni or phone the secretary at 862-5482 from tomorrow, Friday 18 November.
Completed application forms must be forwarded to the Secretary, PO Box 846, Huguenot 7646 by Friday 20 January. No late applications will be considered.
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