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2006-11-16
FOR the past eight 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 750 students to the value of R1,8 million at various tertiary institutions registered (with the Council on Higher Education) in South Africa. These range from institutions in the Peninsula and the Boland to institutions in other provinces.
Only students who are registered at a tertiary institution accredited by the Council on Higher Council will be considered for a bursary or bursary loan.
Students must first register to study on their own resources, although they have applied for a bursary/bursary loan with the Athlone Institute Bursary Project Fund.
That means that no student who has not been registered for a course for the 2007 academic year will be considered for a bursary/bursary loan.
Next year the AIT will again grant a number of bursaries to tertiary students who are in their second year of study and onwards.
Bursaries will be awarded with academic merit and/or financial need of the applicant as primary considerations.
A maximum of 20 bursary loans will be available to first year students with serious financial need, with a minimum aggregate mark 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 with one of the member churches of the Athlone Institute Trust or be a parishioner in good standing of any bona-fide church in Paarl;
* enrol at a registered tertiary institution for full-time undergraduate studies for 2007;
* 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 the following 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 of SA, Mbekweni.
For enquiries, phone the secretary at 862-5482 from Friday 17 November.
Completed application forms must be forwarded to the Secretary, Athlone Institute Bursary Project Fund, PO Box 846, Huguenot, 7646 by Saturday 20 January. No late applications will be considered.
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