Bursary Programme at the Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries

Application Deadline: 30 September 2014

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries intends to award comprehensive bursaries to qualifying applicants pursuing and/or intending to further their studies in critical scarce skills in the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors for the 2015 academic year. The bursaries will cover tuition, accommodation, books, meals and monthly allowance.

Qualifying study fields

The bursary awards target the previously disadvantaged and impoverished persons from poverty-stricken and deep rural communities.
It is worth noting that certain study fields are only available at certain institutions of higher learning as specified below:

1. B.Sc. Bioresource Engineering (Agricultural Engineering): University of KwaZulu-Natal
2. Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc.): University of Pretoria
3. B.Sc. Viticulture and Oenology/ Soil Science/Plant Pathology: University of Stellenbosch
4. B.Sc. Food Science: University of Stellenbosch
5. B.Sc. Plant Pathology
6. B.Sc. Agric Soil Science
7. B.Sc. Agric Agronomy
8. B.Sc. Forestry and Wood Science
9. B.Sc. Geo-informatics
10. B.Sc. Marine Biology: University of Cape Town
11. B.Sc. Oceanography and Marine Biology
12. B.Sc. Ichthyology specialising in Aquaculture: Rhodes University
13. National Diploma: Food Technology
14. National Diploma: Forestry: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
15. National Diploma: Fisheries Resource Management: Cape Peninsula University of Technology
16. National Diploma: Oceanography: Cape Peninsula University of Technology
17. Postgraduate studies (B.Tech, B.Sc. Hons, M. Tech., M.Sc., D.Tech. and Ph.D.) in different agriculture, forestry and fisheries study fields linked to DAFF priority research projects

Minimum requirements (National Senior Certificate)

• Study Fields (1-2) – Mathematics and Physical Science 6 (70-79)
• Study Fields (3-12) – Mathematics and Physical Science 5 (60-69)
• Study Fields  (13-16) Mathematics and Physical Science 4 (50-59)

How to apply:  Applicants must complete relevant bursary application forms available online at: www.daff.gov.za (download here). Successful candidates will be informed from 15 January 2015, after the National Bursary Committee has finalised the selection process. If you do not hear from us by the end of January 2015, consider your application to be unsuccessful. All completed bursary application forms together with certified copies of ID and certificates/performance results should be sent to the following address:

The Director: Ms Amanda Shokane

Directorate: Sector Education and Training Department of Agriculture,

Forestry and Fisheries

Private Bag X250

PRETORIA

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