BUSINESS NEWS - Learners have a month left to apply for the Allan Gray Foundation Fellowship, which provides an opportunity for Grade 12s to further their studies.
The fellowship's entrepreneurial and personal development programme runs throughout the academic year alongside the candidates' university studies and provides access to university education and financial support to selected students.
The foundation believes that entrepreneurially minded individuals with ethical values and strong leadership skills hold the promise of change. They stand behind entrepreneurs improving the socio-economic landscape of Southern Africa.
- The full cost of uni-versity tuition
- The full cost of university accommodation, meals, books and tutor allowances
- A monthly living stipend
- Academic support and access to entrepreneurial and personal development programmes
- Mentorship from individually assigned Foundation staff as well as business mentors
- Access to potential postgraduate funding for graduated Candidate Fellows
- There are no postgra-duate contractual obliga-tions with the Foundation
- Mandatory requirements for
- grade 12 learners:
- Level 5 in pure mathematics for Gr11
- final results
- Level 6 average for your final Gr11 results (excluding Life Orientation)
- Completion of the national benchmark test
- by 30 September 2017
- Applicants must be South African citizens under the age of 21 in the year of their application.
