NCB FOUNDATION CSEC & CAPE NATIONAL BURSARY PROGRAMME
Since 2003, the National Commercial Bank through its philanthropic arm - N.C.B. Foundation, has been sponsoring select Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) subjects for qualified Jamaican students in both public and private schools across the island. To date, the Foundation has awarded over J$233 million for over 108,000 student entries. The programme works in partnership with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information (MOEYI) subsidy to ensure that qualifying students are able to sit the approved examinations at no cost to them and to have the opportunity to meet the minimum subject requirement for admission into tertiary level institutions or advance in the world of work.
REVISION OF PROGRAMME
The N.C.B. Foundation CSEC/CAPE National Bursary Programme has shifted its focus in order to align with the Foundation’s overall revised digital mandate and will support select CSEC subject areas offered by the Overseas Examination Commission (OEC) that align with this digital thrust. For the 2023/24 academic year, the approved subject area is Information Technology (IT) at the CSEC level and Computer Science Unit 1 and 2 at the CAPE level.
APPROVED SUBJECTS AND ELIGIBILITY DETAILS
APPROVED SUBJECT:
SCHOOL ELIGIBILITY:
All public and private institutions island wide with a sit rate of 90% or higher in each of the approved subject areas for the prior academic year (2022/23) as per data from Overseas Examination Commission (OEC).
STUDENT ELIGIBILITY:
SUBJECT AREA
CRITERIA
QUALIFYING SCHOOLS
Information Technology CSEC
Regular students – 70% or higher
PATH/Needy/Wards of the State – 50% and higher at any of the qualifying schools.
List of Qualifying Schools
Computer Science Unit 1 - CAPE
Have received a Grade 1, 2, or 3 in CSEC Information Technology
Computer Science Unit 2 - CAPE
Have received a Grade 1, 2, or 3 for Computer Science Unit 1
APPLICATION DETAILS FOR THE 2023/24 PROGRAMME
TIPS FOR APPLICATION:
• All applications must be submitted online application forms via this website as no hard copy submissions or soft copy submissions via email will be accepted.
• School Administrators should have the requisite information on hand ahead of beginning the application process which includes: 1) School name, address, email address, contact number and the requisite contact person(s). 2) Information on each student being put forward for the respective bursaries as outlined below: a) First and last names, telephone numbers and email addresses for each beneficiary. i. Contact numbers and email addresses are to be provided for each student and not a shared school email address. b) Last grade average for each subject.
APPLICATION FORM:
Click on the form below to apply for the CSEC Information Technology or CAPE Computer Science Subsidy APPLY NOW - CSEC SUBSIDY APPLY NOW - CAPE COMPUTER SCIENCE UNIT 1 SUBSIDY APPLY NOW - CAPE COMPUTER SCIENCE UNIT 2 SUBSIDY APPLICATION PERIOD:
• Submissions will be accepted between Monday, October 30, 2023, to Monday, November 13, 2023, at midnight. • No late submissions will be accepted.
IMPORTANT TO NOTE
All institutions with successful submissions will receive a confirmation email with details of their final subsidy commitment by Wednesday, November 15, 2023.
A copy of this email must be submitted to the Overseas Examination Commission (OEC) as part of an institution’s final CSEC examination submission for the 2023/24 academic year.
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