Bishop Stuart University under the FAWE (Forum for African Women Educationalists) and Mastercard Foundation Partnership Program, announces 300 bursaries for applications leading to admission to the Higher Education Access Certificate (HEAC) for the Academic Year 2024/2025.
The Higher Education Access Certificate (HEAC) is a pathway that provides entry opportunities for senior six (S.6) candidates who did not obtain appropriate qualifications from the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) based on the current national admission criteria, as well as those with foreign qualifications not meeting the admission requirements for Higher Institutions in Uganda.
Program Background
The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) has partnered with the Mastercard Foundation to implement the FAWE and Mastercard Foundation Program. This program will be implemented in 10 sub-Saharan Africa (Uganda, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Senegal, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe) from 2024-2030.
The Phase II program is a scale-up of the Higher Education Access Program (HEAP) in Uganda and the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program in Ethiopia and Rwanda. It aims to support academically talented young women and men from underrepresented communities to access Higher Education and successfully transition to the world of work.
Over a period of seven years (2024-2030), FAWE Uganda will support and empower 1,800 underrepresented young people, comprising 80% females and 20% males. This group will include persons with disabilities and refugees, all facing the highest social and economic barriers to opportunity and aged 15-25 years. The program will be implemented across the Eastern, Central, Northern, and Western regions of Uganda.
Applicants should have completed secondary education and will transition into Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and university education. For the academic year 2024/2025, we are offering 500 bursaries, with 200 allocated for TVET and 300 for the Higher Education Access Certificate (HEAC) Program. This program will support young people in accessing tertiary education through two pathways: TVET and HEAC Program.
Who is eligible for the HEAC Program (Entry Requirements)
- UACE holders with at least two subsidiary passes in principal subjects obtained at the same sitting
- Vocational qualifications at level 2 or level 3 of the Uganda Vocational Qualifications Framework
- Qualifications equivalent to UACE as determined by the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) in consultation with the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB).
- Foreign secondary school qualifications not considered equivalent to UACE, with at least five subjects passed with a minimum overall grade C (equivalent to a Ugandan grade 5).
- The applicant must have been born in, and is a resident of any of the following program districts of: Amudat, Abim, Kaabong, Karenga, Kotido, Nabilatuk, Moroto, Napak, Nakapiripirit, Amuru, Agago, Pader, Nwoya, Lamwo, Amolatar, Otuke, Kole, Adjumani, Yumbe, Obongi, Terego, Nebbi, Moyo, Bulisa, Bundibugyo, Ntoroko, Kasese, Isingiro, Kikuube, Kamwenge, Kiryandongo, Kanungu, Kampala, Kalungu, Mukono, Mubende, Kasanda, Wakiso, Pallisa, Buyende, Mayuge, Amuria, Namayingo, Luuka, Kween, Bukwo, Katakwii, Kaberamaido, Manafwa, Tororo and Bududa Districts.
Applicants must be admitted for direct entry into the HEAC program for the academic year 2024/2025 in STEM-related courses at Bishop Stuart University.
Note: There are 300 bursaries available for this category (80% female and 20% male) for program participants interested in pursuing STEM-related university programmes upon successful completion of the HEAC program.
Apply now for these HEAC Programmes offered at Bishop Stuart University to be part of this exciting opportunity.
- Higher Education Certificate in;
- Biology and Agriculture
- Biology and Chemistry
- Physics and Mathematics
- Mathematics and Chemistry
- Geography and Economics
Pick an application form at the office of the Academic Registrar, Bishop Stuart University, or apply online.
Deadline for bursary applications: Friday, 5th July 2024.
Download the application form: https://faweuganda.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Application-Form-HEAC.pdf
Advert on FAWE’s Website: https://faweuganda.org/bursary-announcement/
For more details, call:
Dr. Milton Rwangire
Director, Quality Assurance, BSU.
dqa@bsu.ac.ug | +256 772 580076/+256 702 580076