REAP Bursary South Africa 2024/2025

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WHAT IS A BURSARY?

According to Wikipedia, A bursary is a monetary award made by an institution to individuals or groups of people who cannot afford to pay full fees. In return for the bursary the individual is usually obligated to be employed at the institution for the duration as the bursary. According to The Good Schools Guide, a bursary is “usually for helping out the impoverished but deserving and those fallen on hard times.

According to The Hobsons UK Boarding Schools Guide, numerous independent schools have bursary capability, namely grants from the school to help pay education fees. These are usually awarded after a “means test” of family income and are not necessarily dependent on examination performance, although some account of academic ability will be taken. Bursaries may be awarded in addition to scholarships where financial need is demonstrated and the prospective student would otherwise be unable to enter the school.

To obtain such a bursary, it is customary for parents to be asked by the school’s bursar to fill in an application form, giving details of their financial circumstances, supported by documentary evidence, including capital assets. The application will be considered by the school in accordance with its bursary policy. The award will often only remain in force until the pupil has sat the next relevant public examination. Most schools will review bursaries annually to ensure that the justification for an award remains. In Britain any award made before GCSE will not necessarily continue to the A-level stage.

Bursaries are similar to “scholarships” or “prizes“, which are based on performance. These awards are generally given for good performance in the exams preceding university or college entrance in which the student achieves grades above the standard entry. These can be awarded by universities or, sometimes, by companies

THINGS TO KEEP IN MY WHEN APPLYING FOR A BURSARY

A lot of students are usually confused when it comes to scholarship or bursary application. When they have answered the most difficult question of where to start, then the other process becomes seamlessly easy for them. Basically that’s why we have decided to include this post to enable you successfully apply for bursaries especially for this year to aid your academic cause. The following are those important things to note before applying for a bursary.

Most bursaries will request for your Latest Academic Record duly signed from your school, your ID document, evidence of tertiary application and most importantly an authentication that you were accepted. Similarly, some bursaries will require you to provide another proof of Guardians or Parent’ source of income and residence. After successfully sorting out these documents, then your next step is to ensure you verify your documents. If you don’t know how to, simply visit any commissioner of oath at a post office, bank or police station.
Integrity they say is telling myself the truth while honesty is telling the truth to other people. Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth-telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving. Therefore, you must ensure that whatever information you are providing is the truth and nothing but the truth. Fill all blank spaces with correct data. No legacy is so rich as honesty.
A whole lot of students apply for bursaries without having any references at all and in other cases have references that can’t be reached. Most times this is the first step to not getting the bursary you have applied for. If you need the bursary you are applying for and you want it, then go ahead and find references with correct contact addresses.
A lot of students also don’t have enough writing skills to win their desired bursary which can prove to be a stone in the neck in the long run. Therefore it is highly advisable that you write a highly convincing and motivational cover letter that will make anyone accessing it believe before he begins to even read it. Things such as why you think you should be awarded the bursary especially more than the other several thousand applying, how you can contribute to society when you have finished your program in school and especially how getting the bursary will be a stepping stone to achieving your dreams and changing your future for good.
A lot of students apply for bursaries and go to sleep which is very bad. When you apply for any bursary, ensure you regularly and consistently check your Emails and your phone text messages to be sure you have not or have received a message from those assessing your application.
Lastly, ensure you always check for bursary deadlines or closing dates so you can know exactly when to apply.

The Rural Education Access Programme (REAP) is a non-profit organisation, registered in 2001 with the aim of providing funding and guidance to deserving South African students from disadvantaged rural households, to pursue their tertiary education and thereby reduce rural poverty within the country.

REAP is headquartered in Cape Town, with regional offices in Durban and Johannesburg where 30 staff members are employed. Previously operating as the Catholic Education Assistance Programme (CEAP), REAP now provides assistance to students from all faiths and affiliations.

COVERAGE VALUE & SERVICE CONTRACT

REAP offers bursaries to students from rural areas who wish to study at one of their 6 selected tertiary institutes (University of the Western Cape; University of Johannesburg; University of the Free State; University of Kwa-Zulu Natal; Nelson Mandela University; Central University of Technology).

Bursary recipients must receive majority of their funding from NSFAS, while REAP will provide supplementary financial support, up to a maximum of R4 800 per year for first years and R6000 per annum for the following years. Students will receive a monthly stipend, as well as academic monitoring; mentoring; psychosocial support and life skills training

Bursary recipients will be required to complete community service every year.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Applicants must satisfy the following minimum entry criteria before applying (please note that failure to satisfy all the requirements will lead to your application not being considered):

South African citizen
Not older than 24 years old
From a rural area
Attended a school in a rural area
Wrote your NSC exams at a school in a rural area within the last 2 years
Achieved a minimum overall average of 55% in your NSC exams (excluding Life Orientation)
Have been accepted or provisionally accepted to study at one of the following institutions: University of the Western Cape/ University of Johannesburg/ University of the Free State/ University of Kwa-Zulu Natal/ Nelson Mandela University/ Central University of Technology
Have applied for NSFAS funding and received formal confirmation
Have been accepted to stay in a residence or private accommodation approved and accredited by NSFAS
Your family/ household income is NOT more than R122 000 per annum before any deductions (less than R10 167 per month – including all contributions and grants)

HOW TO APPLY FOR THE BURSARY

Applications must be done online at: https://reap.devman.co.za/devman/web/bursary/.

The application process includes the following stages:
Stage 1: If your application is successful, you will receive a link via email to complete stage 2. If your application is unsuccessful, you will receive a decline message on your screen.
Stage 2: If your application is successful, you will be shortlisted between 14 and 28 February 2020. Shortlisted students will be required to submit the below supporting documents and invited to attend an information session on 29 February at your university campus.
Final stage: Successful candidates will be notified by the end of March 2020.
Shortlisted students must submit clear copies of the following supporting documentation (the submission of these documents is compulsory – if any items are missing, your application be disregarded):

ID document (certified copy)
Grade 11 final results (certified copy)
Matric June results (certified copy)
Matric certificate (certified copy)
Proof of registration/ acceptance to study at one of the aforementioned universities (on their letterhead)
Proof of family/ household income (including social grants)

CLOSING DATE

14 February
(Applications submitted after this date will not be accepted – please apply before the closing date to ensure your application is considered.)