Allan Gray Orbis Foundation Scholarship Programme for Young Entrepreneurial Development 2024
Apply now for the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation Scholarship Programme 2024, designed to foster young entrepreneurial talent! This prestigious program offers scholarships to high school students who demonstrate a curious and entrepreneurial mindset, academic potential, and financial need. Successful applicants will receive funding to attend top high schools nationwide, plus access to supportive interventions that nurture their entrepreneurial skills and development.”
The programme aims to produce a confident scholar with entrepreneurial thinking, unlocked potential, leadership qualities, a desire to create value, the ability to solve problems, an aspiration and intention to be a Fellow, an understanding of the culture of community and collaboration, and a positive attitude. The Scholarship Programme is designed to equip the youth with an entrepreneurial mindset to enable future generations to redress the inequalities of the past and to continue the economic and social transformation of South Africa.
Benefits
The scholarship provides:
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- Tuition and boarding
- A monthly allowance
- Toiletries, uniforms and casual clothing
- Support for extra murals
- Stationery and textbooks
- Workshops
- Annual entrepreneurial conference
- Online Learning Campus
- Programme Officer (mentorship)
- Like-minded community
- Gain confidence
- Develop entrepreneurial mindset
- Growth mindset
- Develop leadership qualities
- Access to interactive online learning
- Access to speakers and seminars
- Entrepreneurial mindset development through collaboration and a community of like-minded individuals
Eligibility
Applicants must
- be a current Grade 6 learner in the year of application;
- be a South African citizen;
- not be older than 12 years of age and not younger than 11 years of age in Grade 6;
- demonstrate financial need;
- obtain a minimum of 70% for both English and Mathematics.
How to Apply
Submit a hard copy of your application form and supporting documentation or apply online. Successful applicants will be required to write the Foundation exam in Mathematics and English for Grade 6.
After the Foundation exam, successful candidates will be invited for interviews. Recommended candidates will be invited to the placement schools for interviews. Candidates whose recommendations are approved by the placement schools will be awarded the Scholarship.
Once the Scholarship is awarded, the Foundation, placement school, and the Scholar’s custodian sign a Memorandum of Agreement.
Deadline: September 16, 2024
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