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By Andrew MacMillan On December 19, 2009 · Add Comment

From the outset of the school development programme, we agreed with the Got Matar Community that it was terribly important that the school should be open to children from the poorest families, and particularly to orphans. This led to the creation of a Bursary Committee to select deserving candidates and to administer a bursary scheme. Candidates should have good passes in the Secondary School Entrance Examination, but come from families who would be unable to fund their attendance at the school without some assistance. The Committee also seeks to maintain an equal gender balance in its selection of awardees. Although secondary school education has officially been “free” since January 2008, pupils have to meet the costs of uniforms, shoes, PTA fees, the costs of hiring locally recruited teachers, school lunches and national exam fees. The total cost of these “extras” for 4 years’ attendance is now estimated at Euro 490 (or £420 or US$ 725) – an average of about Euro 125 per year (or equivalent). January 2010
As of January 2010, there will be 173 bursary awardees at the school out of the 600 pupils expected to be [...]

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