• Electrical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Computer Science
• Commercial Law
• Other relevant fields

• 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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