The Bursary Fund programme is aimed at supporting the development of technical skills to feed into the skills base required to spur local economic development in

Touwsrivier. Candidates were funded to attend Electrical engineering courses at West Coast TVET College. A total of 8 candidates were supported to pursue their studies in electrical engineering and related fields. This funding provided full cover for tuition and accommodation and provided a monthly stipend. A further 8 Touwsriver students were partially funded, receiving only a monthly stipend, to complete their studies

in Business Administration.

 

PROGRAMME SUCCESSES:

The following key successes were achieved in 2016:

 

• All students showed significant improvements in results over the course of the year.
• All students achieved a 90% or higher average attendance for lectures.
• A total of 11 partially and fully funded bursary recipients have qualified for further support and will continue their
• studies in 2017.