Hilde Back
Education Fund
A Kenyan
Charity supporting the education of Talented Children
Form One Scholarships for
the Year 2014
The Hilde
Back Education Fund (HBEF) is an Organization that is committed to the
promotion of Education as a Fundamental Human Right.
The Fund
sponsors academically gifted but needy students to secondary school.
HBEF hereby
invites applications from suitably qualified and eligible Form One students for
the 2014 scholarships.
Limited
scholarships to students joining public secondary schools will be awarded.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for
consideration, the applicant student must:
1. Be a
Kenyan citizen.
2. Have sat
K.C.P.E. in the year 2013 in a public primary school in Kiambu, Embu, Meru,
Mombasa, Kilifi, Nyandarua, West Pokot, Nyamira, Migori and Turkana Counties
and obtained at least 380 marks.
3. Be an
orphan or from a needy family.
Sponsorship Duration
The
sponsorship will cover tuition fee only for a period of four years of secondary
education effective 2014.
Beneficiaries
will be expected to maintain good academic performance and conduct in order to
continue with the sponsorship.
Application Procedure
Interested students
should:
Complete
and submit the HBEF Scholarship Application Form available at HBEF offices in
Nairobi and in all the respective County/District Education Offices from
Tuesday 7th January 2014.
The following
supporting documents should be included in the application:
A certified
copy of KCPE result slip.
Relevant
recommendation letters as outlined in the application form.
Copy of
birth certificate.
Copy of
Form one-admission letter/joining instructions where available.
Evidence of
being an orphan where applicable.
The
deadline for submission of application forms will be Friday January 17th 2014.
Applications
from students who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be considered.
Similarly,
late or incomplete applications will be disqualified.
Shortlisted
applicants will be contacted by HBEF for interview details and final award.
Canvassing
or giving of false information by or on behalf of the applicant will lead to
disqualification of the application concerned.
Successful
applicants and their host schools will be notified on or before 31st January
2014.
Application
forms and supporting documents should be sent or hand delivered to the
respective County/District Education Offices or to the HBEF Nairobi Office at
the address below:
The
Director
Hilde Back
Education Fund
Haven
Court, Block B5, Westlands
P.O. Box
14741-00100,
Nairobi.
Note: Applicants who will not have
received any communication from HBEF by 31st January 2014 should consider
themselves unsuccessful.
