Sugar Industry Trust Fund for Education Bursary Programme 2025
Bursary Highlights
The Sugar Industry Trust Fund for Education (SITFE) invites qualifying learners to apply for the Bursary Programme 2025.
Closing Date: 18 November 2024
SITFE is a unique, homegrown organisation dedicated to offering financial, educational, and physical support to aspiring students to help give them the opportunity to forge their own future.
Background Information
The Sugar Industry Trust Fund for Education (SITFE) was launched in 1965 as a private-sector initiative and is regarded as one of the oldest Trust Funds in South Africa.
The mission of SITFE is to support, promote and advance sustainable, quality education in South African sugarcane growing areas.
In its history, SITFE has provided bursaries to over 10 200 students, financed school-building projects, provided financial assistance to tertiary institutions, and worked closely with educational organisations to improve the overall education standard in the sugarcane growing provinces, namely KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga.
Bursary Purpose
The objective of the programme is to increase the number of high potential learners from disadvantaged backgrounds with access to quality education and training in the field of agriculture, science and engineering at tertiary institutions.
SITFE awards a maximum of 41 full bursaries on an annual basis.
Who Can Apply?
Residents from the sugarcane growing provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga.
Have applied in the Faculties of Science, Engineering or Agriculture at a University, University of Technology or College of Agriculture.
The child of a sugarcane farm worker may register or apply for any field of study at a University, University of Technology or College of Agriculture.
Applicants must be South African citizens.
Qualification Requirements
Applicants must be:
- Registered or have applied in the Faculties of Science, Engineering or Agriculture at a University, University of Technology or College of Agriculture.
- “Missing Middle” applicants whose family combined income is between R350 000 to R600 000 from sugarcane growing areas, where mills and sugar industry administrative infrastructure are located.
- Preference will be given to first years.
- The child of a sugarcane farm worker may register or apply for any field of study at a University, University of Technology or College of Agriculture
How to Apply
NOTE: Applications are open until Monday, 18 November 2024. Application forms are available on the links below.
Application Form
Download the application form and email the completed form to [email protected].
Apply Online
OR, you can apply online by clicking the button below and completing the online application form:
Post your completed application form to:
Sugar Industry Trust Fund for Education
c/o South African Sugar Association
P O Box 700
Mount Edgecombe
4300
Or email the application form to [email protected]
Please see the 2025 bursary application brochure and poster below:
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