The Funza Lushaka Bursary is a multi-year, government-funded program in South Africa that financially supports students pursuing a teaching qualification. The program’s goals are to:
Promote teaching as a profession.
Enable students to complete a teaching qualification in priority areas.
Ensure recipients can focus on their studies without financial burden.
The program offers:
Full-cost bursaries
Coverage of tuition, accommodation, books, learning materials, and teaching practice
A small allowance for living expenses
To be eligible, students must:
Demonstrate a commitment to teaching, including an interest in working with young people and enthusiasm for a teaching career.
They must be committed to teaching at a public school in South Africa for the same number of years they receive the bursary.
Be granted the bursary based on academic performance.
Students must reapply annually for the bursary, awarded for one academic year at a time.
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