GAST Bursary for South Africa 2024/2025

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The GAST Bursary for South Africa in the 2024/2025 academic year presents a valuable opportunity for students seeking financial assistance to pursue their education.

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.

Gast was established in 1961 in Pretoria, South Africa. The company started out by manufacturing waterproofing coatings for dams and reservoirs – today they provide numerous other services within the Civil & Construction industries. The company has firm roots within the chemical industry, including specialty chemicals for industrial and cosmetic markets.

Gast is headquartered in South Africa and has operating across the globe, including in the following countries – Australia; the United States of America; the United Kingdom; the United Arab Emirates; Russia; Mozambique; Madagascar; Bostwana; Namibia; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Sudan; Angola; Ethiopia; Mali; Ghana and Cote D’Voire

FIELDS COVERED, COVERAGE VALUE & SERVICE CONTRACT

Gast bursaries are available to students who are top achievers and those who would like to become part of the growing Gast team.

Bursaries will be awarded within the following fields of study (B Eng/ BSc/ B Tech qualifications):

Building/ Construction Management
Civil Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Mining Engineering
Quantity Surveying

The bursary will cover the following expenses: registration fees, tuition, exam fees, prescribed textbooks and travelling expenses.

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by Gast and invited to attend an interview, as well as take part in industry related tests.

Once students have graduated, they will be required to work for Gast – one year of work required for each year of bursary funding received.

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/ permanent resident,
Completed Matric with Science and Mathematics,
Studying (or intend on studying) full-time within one of the aforementioned fields/ qualifications,
Studying (or accepted to study) at a recognised South African university/ university of technology,
Must achieve and maintain a minimum average of 70%.

HOW TO APPLY FOR THE BURSARY

Students who meet the above criteria and would like to apply, must submit their applications electronically via email to: [email protected]

Submit clear copies of the following supporting documentation along with your application email (the submission of these documents is compulsory – if any items are missing, your application be disregarded):