THE UWI TOWNSHIP SCHOLARSHIP

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Scholarship governing rules 

a) Scholarships will be awarded for full time study in any faculty at the UWI Mona campus, beginning in the academic year.
b) Scholarship awarded ONLY for University Grants Committee (UGC) funded programmes. N.B. Please visit Faculty office or website for the list of UGC funded programmes.
c) Renewal of the scholarship is dependent on student’s performance and satisfying of other scholarship conditions.
d) In order for a student to retain his/her scholarship after the academic year he/she must obtain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.
e) Students, who after the first year obtained a cumulative GPA ≤ 2.99 but ≥ 2.50 will be eligible for a half scholarship provided all other conditions are met.
f) Students who fall below a cumulative GPA ≤ 2.49 will not be allowed to continue the scholarship.
g) The duration of the scholarship should not exceed 3 years except in the case of disciplines that go beyond three years.
h) The scholarship ONLY covers Semesters I and II with the exception of disciplines with three semesters.
i) The scholarship does not cover expenses related to the re-sit of examination(s). Students are expected to meet the expenses of these activities.
j) Students cannot be employed full-time. N.B. Recipients to note the UWI’s policy on student work.
k) The scholarship covers Tuition ONLY.

Additional scholarship conditions 
a) All scholarship recipients must commit to the completion of 26 service hours per semester for the duration of their scholarship award. The Mona Social Services Limited reserves the right to place the scholar wherever it may deem fit, based on needs.
b) It is MANDATORY for ALL SCHOLARS to attend ALL PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS, planned for them by MSS in each semester. A Scholars package distributed at the beginning of the year will provide details on the planned sessions.
c) Failure to comply with (a) and/or (b) above, may affect future consideration for scholarship.
d) Upon graduation students must be available to the MSS to assist with project implementation(s) in the UWI communities for a period not exceeding two years.
e) Students are required to have a regular course load based on programme of study.