CSEC

 

NCB CSEC National Bursary Programme

 

Background On Programme:



Since 2003, the National Commercial Bank through its philanthropic arm - N.C.B. Foundation, has been sponsoring the CSEC Principles of Accounts (POA) and Principles of Business (POB) examinations for qualified Jamaican students in both public and private schools across the island. To date, the Foundation has awarded J$154,000,000.00 for 104,759 student entries for the CSEC POA and/or POB examinations.

The programme works in partnership with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information (MOEYI) subsidy and therefore, helps to ensure that all students 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:

 

Based on the diverse needs of our workforce to advance our country, in addition to, supporting the Government’s 2030 vision ‘Jamaica the place of choice to live, work, raise families and do business’, we have revised our longstanding CSEC programme. As a result, we will be evaluating the subjects we support on an annual basis. We will use emerging career trends, other education industry related data along with guidance of the MOEYI to determine the subjects being supported.

For the 2018/19 academic year, we will no longer offer support to CSEC POA and POB on a large scale. However, we will offer support to students on the Government’s PATH programme as well as needy students as identified/verified by the Ministry and their affiliated school. In addition, support will be given to Information Technology (IT) for all qualified students island wide with special consideration for PATH/needy students.

2018/2019 ACADEMIC YEAR APPROVED SUBJECTS AND ELIGIBILITY DETAILS

  1. Principles of Accounts (POA), Principles of Business (POB) Eligibility:
    • All students PATH/needy* with an average of 50%* or higher in the subject area
  2. Information Technology (IT) Eligibility:
    • All public and private institutions island wide with a sit rate of 90% or more in the subject area for the prior academic year (2017/18 year).
    • All students with an average of 70% or higher in the subject area from the qualified schools identified from above.
    • All PATH/needy* students with an average of 50%*or higher in the subject area and any schools.

*50% is the bench mark observed by the MOEYI and we will adopt for this special group of students – PATH and Needy students.

*Needy students are categorized as those students living in households with an income at or below the minimum wage level or wards of the State. This information will be verified via the primary assistance of the MOEYI and the affiliate schools.
 

APPLICATION DETAILS FOR THE 2018/2019 PROGRAMME


All applications must be submitted online via our website as no hard copy submissions will be accepted.

It is recommended that school representatives 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 bursary as outlined below:
    1. First and last names, telephone numbers and email addresses for each beneficiary.
      1. Contact numbers and email addresses are to be provided for each student and not shared school email address.
    2. Last grade average for each subject.
      1. Only students with averages 70% and higher should be entered for Information Technology and the average for the PATH/needy students is 50% or higher for all subjects – POA, POB and/or IT).
         

Please CLICK on the online portal below to submit your application:

 

NCB CSEC National Bursary Programme Application

Application period will close on November 14, 2018 at midnight!
 

IMPORTANT TO NOTE

All institutions will receive their confirmation letters via email by November 23, 2018. Once the letters are received, you can take your full submission to the Overseas Examination Commission (OEC).

HELP US BUILD AWARENESS

Did you benefit from this initiative? Did your child or someone you know benefit? Help us know how this helped. Post on the N.C.B. Foundation’s Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages with the hashtag #ncbpaidmyfees and encourage all who benefited to do the same.