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Student Scholarship Scheme | |||
According to Regulations made under Section 24 of the Finance and Audit Act, (Government Notice No. 98 of 2008) the Human Resource, Knowledge and Arts Development Fund has been established to provide scholarships including a full scholarship for students attending or admitted in courses at post-secondary institutions in Mauritius, with household income not exceeding Rs 10,000 per month and who face severe hardship following the death or serious incapacity of a wage earner. |
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The objective of the Scholarship Scheme is to provide access to qualified students from families with household income not exceeding Rs 10,000 per month and who face severe hardship following death or serious incapacity of a wage earner. |
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| (ii) Eligibility for Scholarship | ||||
| (a) | The scholarship is aimed at students who are citizens of the Republic of Mauritius; |
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| (b) | The family income of the student (including his/her own income) should not exceed Rs 10,000 per month; |
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| (c) | The family should be facing severe hardship following death or serious incapacity of wage earner; |
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| (d) | The course should not be less than the equivalent of one academic/full year of study; and |
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| (e) | The student should not have benefited from any other scholarship for the same course/programme. |
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| (iii) Scope of the Scholarship | ||||
The scholarship will cover the costs of tuition fees, books, examination fees and a maximum monthly stipend of Rs 3,000 subject to a maximum of Rs 150,000 per academic year over the duration of the course. |
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| (iv) Period Covered | ||||
The scholarship would be granted on an annual basis for the duration of a first undergraduate programme. |
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| (v) Enrolment | ||||
As far as possible, students should be admitted in public Tertiary Education Institutions; special arrangements would be made through reserved seats in these institutions for admission of scholarship beneficiaries. In case a programme is not being offered in public institutions, students may enroll in private ones recognized by TEC. |
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| (vi) Procedures for application | ||||
| (a) | Applications should be made on the prescribed form (Appendix 1) and submitted to the Secretariat, Human Resource, Knowledge and Arts Development Fund, Ministry of Education & Human Resources, 1st Floor, IVTB House, Pont Fer, Phoenix. |
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| (b) | The applicant should provide evidence (e.g. recent payslips of self and parents) that family income does not exceed Rs 10,000 per month. |
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| (c) | The applicant should provide a certificate of incapacity of the wage earner from the Ministry of Social Security, National Solidarity & Senior Citizens Welfare & Reform Institutions |
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| (d) | The applicant should produce a copy of death certificate of wage earner (if applicable). |
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| (e) | The applicant should provide details of programme and the institution where he/she intends to enroll or is already following a programme. |
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| (f) | The Human Resource, Knowledge and Arts Development Fund Sub-Committee on Tertiary Education will process and evaluate applications received for scholarship. Recommendations would be made to the main Committee for final decision. The Sub-Committee may co-opt members as appropriate. |
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| (g) | The Tertiary Education Institutions would be required to submit a quarterly return certifying that the student is still a bona fide student of the Institution and is following courses regularly and progressing in his/her studies on the basis of which payment will be made. |
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| (h) | All fees required to be paid to the Institution will be released directly to the Institution as they fall due. |
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| (i) | Monthly stipend will be paid directly into the bank account of the student on a monthly basis subject to the receipt of the quarterly returns from the institution as mentioned in (g) above. |
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(vii) Bond |
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The student may have to sign a bond. |
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(viii) Review of the Scheme |
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Appropriate mechanisms will be put in place to review the Scheme on a regular basis. |
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Government Guaranteed Scheme on Student Loans provided by Commercial Banks |
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| In the 2008/09 Budget Speech, the Government announced a “Government guaranteed student loan scheme up to Rs150,000 per year to allow commercial banks to make loan to all students with an offer from a TEC recognised tertiary educational institution in Mauritius. |
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| The objective of the Government Guaranteed Student Loan Scheme is to allow commercial banks to make loans to all students with an offer from a TEC recognised tertiary educational institution in Mauritius. The Scheme aims at ensuring that no one is turned away from tertiary education through lack of funds and is meant for students whose family does not have the means to secure such a loan. | ||||
| (ii) Eligibility for Scholarship | ||||
| (a) | The loan scheme is aimed at students who are citizens of the Republic of Mauritius; | |||
| (b) | The student or his/her family is unable to provide security for the loan; | |||
| (c) | The student should have secured a seat in a TEC recognized local post- secondary educational institution; | |||
| (d) | The programme of study should not be less that the equivalent of one academic/full year of study; | |||
| (e) | The student should not have benefitted from any scholarship.
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| (iii) | Procedures for Application for Government to guarantee student loans provided by Commercial Bank | |||
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Scheme for Government Guarantee on Student Loans provided by Commercial Banks | |||
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