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Application Deadline: September 16, 2024
Applications are now open for the 2024 Allan Gray Orbis Foundation Scholarship Programme. The Scholarship Programme offers high school entrepreneurial scholarships to learners who have a curious, entrepreneurial mindset; have the potential to excel academically and are financially deserving. Scholarship recipients receive funding to enrol at leading high schools across the country in addition to support and interventions that develop their entrepreneurial talents.
Requirements
- Applicant must be a current Gr. 6 learner in the year of application
- Applicant must be a South African citizen
- Applicant must not be older than 12 years of age and not younger than 11 years of age in Gr. 6
- Applicant must demonstrate financial need
- Applicant must obtain a minimum of 70% for both English and Mathematics
Benefits
- Tuition and boarding
- A monthly allowance
- Toiletries, uniforms and casual clothing
- Support for extra murals
- Stationery and textbooks
- Workshops
- Annual entrepreneurial conference
- Online Learning Campus
- Programme Officer (mentorship)
- Like-minded community
- Gain confidence
- Develop entrepreneurial mindset
- Growth mindset
- Develop leadership qualities
- Access to interactive online learning
- Access to speakers and seminars
- Entrepreneurial mindset development through collaboration and a community of like-minded individuals
Application Process
- Submit a hard copy of your application form and supporting documentation or apply online
- Successful applicants will be required to write the Foundation exam in Mathematics and English for Gr. 6
- After the Foundation exam, successful candidates will be invited for interviews
- Recommended candidates will be invited to the placement schools for interviews
- Candidates whose recommendations are approved by the placement schools will be awarded the Scholarship
- Once the Scholarship is awarded, the Foundation, placement school, and the Scholar’s custodian sign a Memorandum of Agreement
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation Scholarship Programme
