Beaufort West Study Trust Inaugural Ball

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BWST

Your Child Our Future!

Application Screening Process

                                                                                                  

BEAUFORT WEST STUDY TRUST

POLICY DOCUMENT

SCREENING PROCESS IN RESPECT OF BURSARY APPLICATIONS.

1         Prescribed application forms (5) are issued to each of the four high schools in Beaufort West, on or before 1 August annually. The forms are to be completed by the learner, the class teacher (relevant section of the form), the parent or guardian of the learner. Each school principal shortlists three (3) learners and thereafter hands them over to ‘The Secretariat’ of the Trust at the local Beaufort West Municipality on or before 31 October. Bursary allocations are conditionally granted for one (1) year only. Successful applicants may however re-apply, adhering to the same procedure.

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2         An ad hoc Committee of at least three (3) locally based trustees is so constituted to peruse and undertake the first level of screening of the applications.

3         The criteria are level of indigence (poverty) coupled with the academic level of competence  of each candidate. Moreover, for the sake absolute clarity, the range of income permissible for

indigent bursar families is reflected on the application form and should be strictly adhered to.

The criterion for academic performance is ‘above average’.

    

4         A maximum of three (3) suitable learners per school is short-listed for further

      consideration by the ad hoc Committee of the chairperson of the Board of 

       Trustees.

5     All these completed prescribed forms, with recommendations, are transmitted to the  chairperson who sets up an Ad hoc Committee

           for evaluations consisting of three (3) trustees.

A member of the Evaluations Committee peruses the relevant documentation

and structures a measurement tool in accordance with the measurement criteria of the prescribed application form. He/she provides feedback for the ad hoc Committee’s consideration.

6         The outcomes of these applications are evaluated by the Evaluations

Committee and thereafter communicated to the Board of Trustees together with letters of approval or disapproval, contingent upon the availability of requisite funds.

7         The payment of the first bursary instalment (50%) of any successful applicant

occurs upon receipt of the final exam results (matriculation) and proof of registration as a fulltime student at an accredited tertiary institution. For this to be prudently managed we require the account number of the tertiary institution for a direct deposit.

8         Any subsequent bursary payment (50%) occurs when we receive a successful first

Semester-exam result.

9     THE TIME-FRAME AS SPECIFIED PRECLUDES LATE APPLICATIONS.

THEY (TIME—FRAMES) MUST BE STRICTLY ADHERED TO SO AS

TO AVOID ANY DISPUTED APPLICATIONS.