16 Additional Scholarships Awarded Based on Merit and Social Criteria

The Ministry of Education today, Tuesday, December 9, unveiled the names of sixteen students who have been granted additional scholarships. These scholarships are conferred upon students who demonstrate merit and also meet specific social criteria.

Eligibility and Social Criteria Focus

The scheme targets high-achieving students, specifically those who placed among the top 500 in the Cambridge Assessment International Education Scholarship ranking.

A significant focus this year was placed on social equity, with eight of the scholarships being awarded based purely on social criteria (four to girls and four to boys).

Financial Threshold

To be eligible for the socially-based awards, candidates must have achieved the necessary results in the Cambridge Higher School Certificate (HSC) 2024.

COMMUNIQUE

ADDITIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS BASED ON MERIT AND SOCIAL CRITERIA 2025

A Communiqué was issued on 03 March 2025 inviting applications for the award of 24 scholarships under the Additional Scholarships Scheme based on Merit and Social Criteria.

A selection exercise has been carried out by the Ministry of Education and Human Resource in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Integration, Social Security and National Solidarity in accordance with the provisions of the Education (Amendment) Regulations, 2013, as subsequently amended.

With regard to the scholarships awarded to Rodriguan candidates, the selection exercise has been conducted by the Rodrigues Regional Assembly.

The following candidates have been awarded scholarships under the two Schemes, respectively, in the light of their eligibility based on merit and social criteria.

(a) 16 Additional Scholarships Scheme

16 Additional Scholarships, based on merit and social criteria, have been awarded, as hereunder, to students ranked among the first 500 of the Cambridge Assessment International Education Scholarship Rank Orders or the Merit List of Rodrigues, as appropriate, and whose total income of parents does not exceed, in the aggregate, Rs 37,000 per month.¹

Name of selected candidates:

SCIENCE SIDE

BOYS

1. Mr MAUDARBOCUS Mohammad Wazeel Muslim John Kennedy College
2. Mr KHODABOCUS Haashim Ali Royal College Port Louis ‘A’
3. Mr LEROUX Brice Cédric Royal College Port Louis ‘A’

GIRLS

1. Miss JERHUL Mahima Jyoti Forest Side State Secondary School (Girls)
2. Miss JOOTY Vanshika Dr Maurice Curé State College
3. Miss FOKEER Jouwairia Yummaa G.M.D Atchia State College

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ECONOMICS SIDE

BOY

1. Mr BAWOOHANY JUTTY Vishal Royal College Port Louis ‘A’

GIRLS

1. Miss BAWOL Jaishree Droopnath Ramphul State College
2. Miss MANNICK Jhanvee Sodnac State Secondary School

ARTS SIDE

GIRL

1. Miss KHODABUX Sania BibiRoyal College Curepipe

TECHNICAL SIDE

BOY

1. Mr BHAYAT Ibrahim Osman College du Saint Esprit

CANDIDATES NOMINATED AGAINST VACANT SLOTS

BOYS

1. Mr DAMREE Mohammad Umar Azhaar Ali Phoenix State Secondary School
2. Mr POORUNSING Jasveer Royal College Port Louis ‘A’

GIRL

1. Miss MOHONEE Yashmeeta Queen Elizabeth College

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RODRIGUES

BOY

1. Mr EMILIEN Adel Rodrigues College

GIRL

1. Miss COLLET Marie Ophelie Rodrigues College

(b) 8 Additional Scholarships Scheme based on Merit and Social Criteria

Additional Scholarships under the above scheme have been awarded to students based on the results of the Cambridge Higher School Certificate Examinations (2024) and whose total income of parents does not exceed, in the aggregate, Rs 18,500 per month.

BOYS

1. Mr KAUROO Muhammad Fayyaaz Sookdeo Bissoondoyal State College
2. Mr ACKBARALLY Sa’ad Mohammad AymaanDoha Secondary School
3. Mr CLAIR Joseph Bradley Ananias André Le Chou College
4. Mr PERRINE Joseph Jokenley Ananias André Le Chou College

GIRLS

1. Miss AUGUSTIN Marie Elodie Loana Loreto College Port Louis
2. Miss BEELUR Nooshti Devi Dr Maurice Curé State College
3. Miss BEEMUHL Dipsika Droopnath Ramphul State College
4. Miss FELICITE Juanella Agnès Rodrigues College

Source: Defi Media