For the first time, I had a sense of financial security that allowed me to focus on what was important.
“Receiving the bursary had the greatest impact on my life. SPAR Group's 'Good Mileage' Triumph: Brent Lindeque Joins Journey Of Hope.Fortunately, Greeff was awarded a bursary through the Paarl Media Bursary Fund Trust to complete his studies. Like many other South Africans, Greeff found that financing his studies was one of the greatest obstacles he had to face in order to pursue his dream career. “During my first year of dentistry, I was balancing two jobs while trying to focus on my studies. Working late nights and all the sleep deprivation eventually took its toll and started affecting my studies – I was not performing the way I knew I could,” explains Greeff. In addition to funding, the Trust provides support and guidance to all Paarl Media Bursary recipients.įor Dr Lambert Greeff, a 2015 recipient of the Paarl Media Bursary and now a qualified dentist at the South African National Defence Force in KwaZulu Natal, obtaining his BChD from the University of The Western Cape, came with many difficulties. At the end of 2017, it awarded bursaries to the value of R525 000 to seven Western Cape-based matric learners to help finance their tertiary education in 2018. Since its inception in 2008, the Trust has awarded more than 100 bursaries to the value of R10 million. The Paarl Media Bursary Fund Trust, supported by Novus Holdings, makes a difference as it aims to create opportunities for learners who are hard-working and committed to working towards a brighter future,” explains Metcalfe. “Most South Africans cannot afford to pay for tertiary education. In addition, according to a 2016 report by Statistics SA, close to 45% of higher education institution revenue came from bursaries or grants. “Support given to bursary recipients will help bridge the socio-economic gap that exists for many learners, ensuring that they adapt to academic life and complete their course of study,” says Metcalfe.Įarlier this year Naledi Pandor, Minister of Higher Education, emphasised that providing students who have poor and working-class backgrounds with bursaries plays a vital role in creating an empowered and productive society. Providing additional personal support together with a bursary can go a long way in addressing the poor drop-out rate at higher institutions. Peter Metcalfe, Group Executive for Sales and Marketing at Novus Holdings, says that one way of assisting to resolve this statistic is with bursary programmes. This is according to the recently released and audited Vital Stats Public Higher Education 2016 report, which finds that the number of students who drop out of higher education institutions has increased to staggering proportions. Only 26% of graduates finish their three-year degrees.
Bursaries can help uplift South Africans. Having access to a bursary allowed Roné Pietersen to be the first person in her family to obtain a degree.
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