Funding boost for Clothing and Textile Department
HELP AT HAND: A group of academically-deserving Clothing Management students at CPUT are the latest recipients of bursaries, each valued at R50 000
Tuesday, 19 April 2016
A group of academically-deserving Clothing Management students at CPUT are the latest recipients of bursaries, each valued at R50 000.
Thanks to the perseverance and assistance of staff members at the Clothing and Textile Department, 24 students have been awarded bursaries from the Fibre Processing and Manufacturing Seta (FP&M SETA).
Together the funding totals R3 million spanning the period 2016 -2018.
The bursaries form part of FP&M SETA’s Special Project Bursary Programme, which is aimed at supporting students with the goal of developing work-ready graduates for the various sectors it represents.
Head of the department, Dr Elspa Hovgaard, says in the past educational institutions were required to apply for the bursaries on behalf of the students; however, this year the call was made directly to students to apply.
Not wanting any student to miss out on a funding opportunity, Hovgaard says as a department they rallied together to ensure students applied.
“We pushed our students to apply. We went into every classroom and gave each student an application form,” she says.
The department then went the further mile and couriered all the applications to the FP&M SETA, which is based in Johannesburg.
The bursaries were allocated to students enrolled in the Extended Curriculum Programme, first-years and BTech students.
In addition to the FP&M SETA’s funding, Hovgaard says the department also received R100 000 from the CSIR to allocate to students.
These funds were allocated to 10 academically-deserving senior students, who were not on any funding programmes. Eight students were allocated R11 875, to cover their tuition whilst two BTech students had the balance of their outstanding fees covered.
Hovgaard says the much needed bursaries are welcomed by the department and students.
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Written by Candes Keating
Email: keatingc@cput.ac.za
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