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About the scholarship programme
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The JKF scholarship scheme is an educational fund set up by the Foundation to assist bright but needy secondary school students in the public secondary schools in Kenya.
The JKF scholarship programme was started in 1968 and has to date assisted more than 10,000 Kenyan students pursue secondary school education. This translates to an expenditure of over Kshs. 400 million in the last 40 years. JKF is currently supporting a total of 1,280 beneficiaries in various public secondary schools across the country.
2010 scholarship award ceremony
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Requirements for eligibility
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Applicants for the scholarship must meet the following requirements;
- Be a Kenyan citizen
- Must have sat for KCPE in the previous year
- Must obtain the minimum set KCPE marks (this varies every year depending on the number of mandatory examinable subjects)
- Be an orphan or from a family suffering extreme poverty
- Be of good discipline
- Be admitted in a public secondary school
- Priority is given to applicants from public primary schools
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JKF MD chats up students during the 2010 scholarship award ceremony
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How to
apply for a scholarship
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The JKF posts an advert in the newspaper calling for applications approximately one month after the release of KCPE results of the previous year. Interested applicants are required to fill and submit the application forms within a specified time period (usually 3 weeks). The deadline for submission of the applications is given in the newspaper advert.
Interested applicants apply by filling a JKF Scholarship Data Application form available from the JKF website, The JKF Head Office in Industrial Area, The JKF Kijabe Street Book Distribution Centre, from The JKF sales representatives and District Education Offices countrywide.
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Beneficiaries hold a reading session during a scholarship award ceremony
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Supporting documents one is required to submit
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In order for an application to be considered the following documents must be submitted;
- A certified copy of the KCPE result slip.
- A copy of form one admission letter/joining instructions
- Evidence of being an orphan or suffering from extreme poverty where applicable.
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Duration of the sponsorship
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In aggregate the scholarship lasts for a period of four (4) years from the year of the award or until the beneficiary ceases to be a student in a public secondary school. Poor performance and/or indiscipline by the student is sufficient grounds for the Foundation to discontinue the scholarship.
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2009 scholarship award ceremony
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What the scholarship covers
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The scholarship covers tuition and other statutory payments for the four years of secondary education.
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Keeping track of the beneficiaries' progress
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The JKF scholarship officers often visit schools to counsel the beneficiaries and check on their progress. Counselling of students is also done during such visits. Counselling is also done during holidays when the students and their guardians visit the Foundation.
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2008 scholarship award ceremony
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The main challenges that The JKF faces in administering the program
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During the selection process a number of applicants from able families pretend to be desperate and even present false documents to proof that they are needy. Such people deny students from poor families a chance to get education. The public is encouraged to volunteer information on such applicants who may be allocated scholarship opportunities after presenting false documents. The other challenges that the programme faces include:
- Schools that do not inform the JKF about students who have dropped out of school and the JKF continues paying fees for such students.
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JKF staff mentor students during a scholarship award ceremony
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How the scholarship programme is funded
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The Scholarship programme is funded from revenue generated by books published and sold by the Jomo Kenyatta Foundation. Consequently, the capacity to provide scholarships is directly related to the foundation’s level of profits which varies from year to year depending on the business environment.
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Keen listeners during a scholarship award ceremony
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How The JKF plans to sustain the scholarship programme
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The Jomo Kenyatta Foundation is in the process of setting up an endowment fund to ensure sustainability of the programme where scholarship funds from the company, grants from well wishers and contribution from the Alumni association will be channeled.
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