Information about the Bursary The following must be read before making an application for a Funza Lushaka bursary for 2023
1. Should you have a criminal record, charged of misconduct or dismissed from work, kindly note that you are not eligible to apply for this bursary.
2. Allocation of Funza Lushaka bursaries to Higher Education Institution employees, their spouse and their dependents/children is not permissible.
3. Non-disclosure of the information required as stated in 2 above will be treated as fraud.
4. Applicants should be 30 years and below to qualify for the Funza Lushaka Bursary.
5. This online application is a MUST. No hard copies are accepted by the programme.
6. Please note that those who already have other teaching qualifications do not qualify for this programme. Programmes to be funded
7. Two types of qualifications can be funded as shown below. The qualification must include subjects which will allow the student to specialise as a teacher in at least two priority subject areas (see next section below). Undergraduate studies 4-year Bachelor of Education degree (BEd), specialising in one of the following Foundation Phase (Grade R – 3), Intermediate Phase (Grade 4 – 6) and Senior and Further Education and Training Teaching (Grade 7-12). Graduate studies One-year Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) for graduates whose degrees reflect two priority subjects where one module/course was successfully completed or studied at third year level while the second priority subject was successfully completed or studied at second year level. N.B. Only the PGCE for Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching (SPFET) (Grade 7-12) will be funded through the Funza Lushaka Bursary Scheme. No student will be funded for PGCE if he or she is studying towards a PGCE while completing a module or course for Non-Degree Purposes (NDP) simultaneously. Selection criteria
8. Selection criteria include the following: 8.1. The bursary is only awarded to South African citizens with a valid South African ID number;
8.2. The applicant should demonstrate good academic ability;
8.3. Applicants should be 30 years and below to qualify for the Funza Lushaka Bursary
8.4. Allocation of Funza Lushaka bursaries to Higher Education Institution employees, their spouse and their dependents/children is not permissible.
8.5. The Funza Lushaka bursary does not fund extended programmes .
8.6. The applicant must be accepted into an approved B.Ed. degree or PGCE programme to specialise in two or more of the priority subject are as.
8.7. The applicant should demonstrate good academic ability.
8.8. The applicant must show commitment to a teaching career, which includes: interest in working with young people; enthusiasm for a professional career in teaching; readiness to face an d surmount difficult challenges with integrity.
8.9. The applicant must be committed to teach in any school to which a student may be placed by a Provincial Education Department (PED).
9. Students must meet the minimum academic criteria for award of the minimum academic criteria are:
9.1. For 1st time entrants to university: the bursary. For 2023,
9.1.1. An exemption, endorsement, or ‘admission to bachelor degree studies’ pass at matric/Grade 12 level.
9.1.2. At least a level 4 pass at matric le specialise to teach. vel in the two subjects which the applicant will
9.1.3. For students who wish to specialise in the Foundation Phase, a Level 2 pass in Mathematics or Level 4 pass in Mathematical Literacy at Grade 12 level is required. In addition, a t least a level 4 pass in the Home Language is required.
9.1.4 For students who wish to specialise in the Intermediate Phase, a Level 4 pass in Mathematics and a level 4 in a Home Language subject and/or a Level 4 pass in Science Subjects at Grade 12 lev el is required. In addition, at least a level 4 pass in the Home Language is required.
9.1.5. Students who wish to specialize in the teaching of Technology subjects, including CAT, IT, and other Technical stream subjects and who do not have these subjects level, must have at least a level 4 pass in Mathematics or Technical Mathematics. at matric
9.1.6. If the institution’s admission requirements are higher than the bursary requirement and vice versa then the higher requirement will apply.
9.2. For new a pplicants already at university The student must have:
9.2.1 The student must have passed all of the modules studied in the year prior to the bursary application at the Higher Education Institution.
9.2.2 At least a 55% average across all the modules studied in the applicant’s last year of study at a Higher Education Institution.
9.2.3 The student must have at least 66. 6% average in modules studied or taken as majors in the applicant’s last year of study at university which relate directly to the priority subject area of teaching specialisation.
9.2.4 These are minimum criteria. The Funza Lushaka bursary is a prestigious bursary that must be awarded firstly on the basis of academic ability. The criteria applied at particular institutions may be higher than those suggested here, but cannot be lower.
9.3 For new applicants enrolling for PGCE 3 9.3.1 The student must have successfully completed a recognized qualification that qualifies him/her to be admitted for a PGCE.
9.3.2 Only the PGCE for Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching (SPFET) (Grade 7-12) will be funded through the Funza Lushaka Bursary Scheme.
9.3.3 To be considered for the PGCE in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training teaching the student must have two priority subjects where one module/course was successfully completed or studied at third year level while the second priority subject was successfully completed or studied at second year level.
9.3.4 The student must have sufficient modules in the identified priority subjects to qualify to teach it as a subject at school.
Repayment
14. Recipients of these bursaries will be required to teach at a public school for the same number of years that they received the bursary. No repayment of the bursary is therefore required.
15. Instances where the bursary conditions are not adhered to may require repayment of the bursary. The amount that is repayable is the full amount of the bursary received under the programme, less one year’s funding for every year spent teaching at a public school. Interest will be charged at the rate determined by NSFAS.
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