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The Funza Lushaka Bursary Programme is a multi-year programme to promote teaching as a profession. Bursaries are available to enable eligible students to complete a teaching qualification in an area of national priority. Recipients of these bursaries will be required to teach at a public school for the same number of years that they received the bursary.

Recipients of the bursary must apply on-line for the bursary in every year. The recipient must also complete the placement information as required in every year. The provincial education department (PED) will place a graduate bursar in a suitable teaching post. If a particular PED does not have a suitable teaching post for the graduate bursar, the applicant may be placed in a PED that does have a suitable post. Please note that bursars cannot choose the school in which they would like to be placed and placement cannot be deferred for any reason.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

• Applications for the Funza Lushaka bursary for 2019 will open on 01 October 2018.
• Please note that there are a limited number of new bursaries available for 2019.
• New applicants are advised to also pursue other funding opportunities such as NSFAS.
• The outcome of the selection process will be available from the University not later than 30 April 2019.

  Closing dates:
Re-applications close on 16 November 2018;
New applications close on 11 January 2019.