CSEC

Since 2003, the National Commercial Bank through its philanthropic arm - N.C.B. Foundation, has been sponsoring in full the Caribbean Secondary Examination Council (CSEC) examinations for select subjects for qualified Jamaican students in both public and private institutions across the island. To date, the Foundation has awarded J$164,000,000.00 for 106,000 student entries.

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.

For the 2019/20 academic year, we will offer support to three subjects:
  1. Principles of Accounts (POA)
  2. Principles of Business (POB)
  3. Information Technology (IT)


ELIGIBILITY DETAILS

We will extend the subsidy to three subjects namely Principles of Accounts (POA), Principles of Business (POB) and Information Technology (IT) once the criteria below are met:

  • All public and private institutions island wide with a sit rate of 90% or more in the subject area for the prior academic year (2018/19 year).
  • All regular 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 for the qualified list of schools or any other accredited secondary-level intuitions.

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

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

APPLICATION DETAILS

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 a shared school email address.
    2. Last grade average for each subject.
      1. For general students, only the ones with averages of 70% and higher should be entered for each subject area.
      2. ii. For PATH/Needy Students/Wards of the State, only the ones with averages of 50% or higher should be entered for each subject area


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

NCB CSEC National Bursary Programme Application

List of Qualifying Schools & Subjects 2019/2020

Application period will close on November 1, 2019 at midnight!


IMPORTANT TO NOTE

All institutions will receive their confirmation letters via email by November 15, 2019. Once the letters are received, you can take your full submission to the Overseas Examination Commission (OEC).


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