Scholarship Eligibility and Awards

Scholarship Awards recognise excellence for secondary school students

Eligibility

Scholarship candidates need to be enrolled full-time at a New Zealand secondary school or wharekura in the year of examination, undertaking a course in the applicable areas of learning.

Full details of the eligibility requirements and the costs of entry are in the Assessment and Certification Rules and Procedures.

Awards

There are 5 classes or levels of monetary awards . These range in value from $500 per subject to $10,000 each year for three years. Full details of the awards are in the Assessment and Certification Rules and Procedures.

There are conditions which govern these awards:

Where a candidate meets the criteria for more than one award, he or she will receive only the award of the highest monetary value in most circumstances. However, if a candidate receives a Top Subject Scholar Award, and also gets Scholarship in other subjects he or she will also receive one $500 Single Subject Award.
Eligible candidates can defer taking up the monetary awards for one year
Scholarship awards cannot be aggregated over a period of time. A candidate needs to attain Scholarship awards in the same year to be eligible for the top three monetary awards (Scholarship Award, Outstanding Scholar Award and Premier Award).
To be eligible for a monetary award a candidate must

be either a New Zealand citizen or a permanent resident

be enrolled in tertiary study in New Zealand in the years they receive monetary awards

maintain a 'B' grade average during their tertiary study in order for them to receive one of the monetary awards over a three year period.

International fee paying candidates are not eligible for the Scholarship monetary awards. However, they will have their Scholarship success recorded on their Record of Achievement.
All Scholarship awards will be recorded on the candidate's Record of Achievement.

Page updated: 29 January 2008