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    Apply for the 2009 NamPower Bursary Programs

    NamPower has announced and invites prospective candidates to apply for the 2009 Bursary in the following programs:

    1. EMPOWERMENT OPPORTUNITIES for PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

    Undergraduate degrees and short term skills courses. Read the advert | get the application form

    The deadline is October 31, 2008.

    2. UNDERGRADUATE and POSTGRADUATE bursaries for young Namibians

    Undergraduate degrees and Masters degrees. Read the advert | get the application form

    The deadline is October 31, 2008.

    3.OPPORTUNITIES for VOCATIONAL TRAINING

    Electrical and Mechanical artisan level 1/2/3. Read the advert | get the application form

    The deadline is October 31, 2008.

    Bursary Scheme

    NamPower offers attractive options for bursaries to candidates for studies at (Southern African) Universities and Technicons leading to Bachelor’s Degrees or Technical Diplomas in disciplines or areas where the company has identified the need. This scheme does not apply to NamPower employees.

    Courses Covered By This Scheme Include:
    • Electrical Engineering
    • Civil Engineering
    • Industrial Engineering
    • Mechanical Engineering
    • Computer Science
    • Commercial Law
    • Other relevant fields
    To Be Eligible For A Bursary, An Applicant Should:
    • be a Namibian citizen
    • have a definite career in mind, be in possession of a Matriculation certification or equivalent, permitting registration as a student at a recognised university or technikon
    • current Grade 12 students should have obtained above-average results in Grade 12 April and August exams
    • be reported on favourably by the principal of the school last attended or, if already at a university, by the head of the university department concerned. Recent testimonies must also be submitted.
    • Have submitted all the required information and documents in making the application for a bursary on the prescribed form which must reach NamPower not late than 31 October.
    • Be prepared to attend before an interviewing panel of Company officials or bursary Committee at the most convenient centre.
    • Be prepared, on graduation, to enter into permanent employment with the Company if so requested.

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    Value of Bursaries

    • The Bursary is paid out in instalments and provides for the following payments:
    • Full registration and tuition fees for the course selected.
    • The university or Technicon residence fee or a board and lodging allowance equal to the residence fee, where he/she is not a resident at the university or Technikon.
    • An annual cash sum for personal use.
    • Travelling expenses covering return (bus) transport during the June and December holiday recess (when possible) between a student’s home and the university or technikon via the most economic route.
    • All other expenses, including exemption and hire of equipment, must be paid by the bursary holder.

     

    How Awards are paid

    On proof of registration, NamPower will issue a cheque to the student for fees charged by the university or Technicon on a six-month basis. This cheque will be issues in the name of the institution concerned and not the student. The personal allowance will be paid to the bursary holder in advance in half-yearly instalments. If a bursary holder is unable to live in a university or technikon residence, he/she will receive a sum equal to the residence fee half-yearly in advance at the same time as his/her personal cash allowance.

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    Renewal of Bursary

    The renewal, suspension and cancellation of a bursary will be in the Company's sole discretion. Bursars will be notified in time of such decisions.Inter alia, however, the following principles will be taken into account:

    • The initial award will be for one year only and will be subject to renewal on receipt of satisfactory reports regarding academic progress and Conduct during the full period of the course selected;
    • where a university promoted a student notwithstanding the fact that he/she has to carry a subject from the previous year, the bursary may be renewed providing general progress in other subjects has bean satisfactory;
    • where a student has failed a year, but has been granted permission by the university or technicon to repeat the year, his/her bursary will be suspended for that year, but subject to the progress he/she makes in repeating the year, his/her bursary may be reinstated but not retrospectively

     

    Partial completion of a course of study

    In the event of the studies not being completed, or failure of examinations, the full amount of the loan will be repayable in equal instalments over a maximum period of 12 months. No further assistance will be considered until such a time as the bursar has cleared his indebtedness to NamPower.

    Bursary holders may not accept other scholarships or bursaries

    It is an absolute condition of any award that the bursar may not receive financial assistance from any other source unless the facts have been disclosed to NamPower and the company has signified, in writing, that it has no objection to the holder continuing to receive assistance from such including assistance from his/her parents out of purely private means.

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    Full Time; Employment on leaving University

    The bursar will undertake to enter into fulltime employment with the Company, upon graduation. Such employment with the company must continue for at least the same number of years as the student attended university or technicon under company bursary.

    Should there be no suitable position in the company, the bursar will be released from the tie of the Company and also be free from any financial obligations.
    Should he/she refuse or for any reason fail to enter the service of the company , or after engagement ,resign from such services, an amount calculated pro-rata on the basis of the uncompleted years of agreed service, shall become due of his/her resignation or refusal to enter service.

    Selection Procedures

    Application forms are available from the Bursary Administrator: NamPower, P.O. Box 2864, Windhoek, completed forms, together with supporting documents, must be received not later than 31 October of the year preceding studies.
    Applicants selected for a personal interview will be required to present themselves at NamPower centre in Windhoek, the exact dates and times to be advised.

    Applicants will be notified whether they were accepted or not by the end of November, but the Company reserves the right to withdraw the bursary later if the applicant fails or does not fair well in the final examinations of the year.

    Correspondence

    All correspondence in connection with bursaries must be addressed to:

    Roadine Willemse Tel:(061)205 2404
    The Bursary Administrator
    NamPower
    P.O. Box 2864
    W1NDHOEK

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