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MasterCard Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) Bursaries 2023/2024 for Women

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FAWE Uganda is pleased to announce the availability of bursaries to support both undergraduate and diploma studies in the academic year 2023/2024. 

Application Deadline: 14th July 2023

Eligible Countries: Uganda

To Be Taken At (Country): Uganda

About the Award: The Forum for African Women Educationalists Regional Secretariat (FAWE RS) with support from the Mastercard Foundation, is implementing through FAWE Uganda Chapter an eight-year (2016—2024) Higher Education Access Program targeting 300 youth (70% female and 30% male) from economically disadvantaged backgrounds and regions of Eastern, Northern and Western Uganda. The overall goal of the program is to enable a total of 300 young women and men from the disadvantaged regions of Uganda to access, transition through higher education and secure employment in sectors that contribute to the development of their home communities.

This will be achieved through two (2) specific student-focused objectives:

  1. To provide bursaries to 300 bright students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds in Eastern, Northern and Western Uganda to access and complete higher education; and,
  2. To provide academic and psycho-social support and facilitate pathways for the students to internships, industrial practice and employment.

The bursaries come with comprehensive financial, academic and social support to participants for the entire duration of their studies. The bursary support is available to those who meet the eligibility criteria below.

Type: Undergraduate, Postgraduate

Eligibility:

The applicant must be aged between 18 and 25 years;

• The applicant must have sat his/her Ordinary (S.4) or Advanced level (S.6) examinations in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

• The applicant must be applying for direct entry into the partner institutions of learning for the academic year 2023/2024.

• The applicant must have been born in, and is a resident of any of the programme districts of; Agago, Abirn, Napak, Kween, Arnuria, Luuka, Narnayingo, Nwoya and Moyo.

• The applicant must have attended Ordinary or Advanced Level Education in any of the programme districts mentioned above.

• Applicants who sat their Ordinary (S.dis4) or Advanced Level (S.6) examinations in schools outside their districts of birth but within the specific regions of Eastern and Northern Uganda qualify to apply for the bursaries.

• The applicant must be qualified for admission into the following programme areas of study:

1. Degree (3-4 years) program: Engineering, Agricultural Sciences, Medical Courses, Education Science Courses.

2. Diploma (2 years) program: Civil Engineering, Water engineering and Electrical Engineering.

3. Diploma (2 years) Program: Nursing

4. Diploma (2 years) program: Medical Laboratory technology.

5. Certificate (2.5 years) program: Midwifery

• The applicant must not be a current beneficiary of any other bursary scheme or similar bursary elsewhere.

• Other vulnerability aspects to be considered include: young people living with disability. HIV/AIDS—infected or affected, orphaned (total or partial).

  • • The applicant must be willing to give back to his/her community through development services.
    Note: Female applicants from the 9 districts are highly encouraged to apply.• Application forms will be available at no cost at the offices of the Academic Registrars of the three universities; Busitema University; Mbarara University of Science and Technology, and Gulu University and the two health training institutions; Jinja School of Nursing and Midwifery and Medical Laboratory Technology Training School and Uganda Technical College Elgon, Mbale.

    • Application forms can also be found at the District Education Offices in the 9 program districts and FAWE Uganda Office plot 328, Bukoto — Kisaasi Road, P.O. Box 24117 Kampala, Uganda or downloaded from the FAWE Uganda website through the link below:www.faweuganda.org.

    • Submit a fully filled-in application form to the office of the District Education Officer (DEO), any of the partner institutions or to FAWE Uganda Office.

    • The deadline for applications is 140 July 2023 after which no applications will be accepted. Please note that; 1. Application forms are free of charge and NO fees/facilitation or intermediaries required at any stage of the selection process.

    2. Inaccurate information or misinterpretation of any part of the application, falsification or incomplete application and any attempt to influence the process will lea to automatic disqualification or recommendation for dismissal from the program.

    3. All documents submitted will be subjected to thorough verification including home visits of successful applicants before final approval and award.

    4. Only shortlisted applicants will be notified at every stage of the selection process which will be conducted by a team of independent Regional Technical Bursary Committees (RBTCs) supervised by FAWE Uganda.

    For further enquiry and assistance, please do not hesitate to contact the Programs Coordinator on 0753545021 and the Program Officer on 0782530100, office line +256772487299.

 Note: Female applicants from the 13 districts are highly encouraged to apply

Number of Awards: Not specified

Value and Duration of Award: The bursaries come with comprehensive financial, academic and social support to participants for the entire duration of their studies.

How to Apply:

  • Application forms will be available at NO cost at the offices of the Academic Registrars of the partner institutions of Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Gulu University, Busitema University, Jinja School of Nursing and Midwifery and Medical Laboratory Training School in Jinja.
  • Application forms can also be found at the District Education Offices in the 13 Program districts above and FAWE Uganda Office plot 328, Bukoto – Kisasi Road, P.O. Box 24117 Kampala, Uganda or downloaded from the website through the link below: www.faweuganda.org.
  • Submit a fully filled-in application form to the office of the District Education Officer (DEO), any of the partner institutions or to FAWE Uganda Office.
  • The deadline for applications is 14th June 2019, after which no applications will be accepted.

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