IAHET Ends Bursary Programme

The Imam Abdullah Haron Education Trust (IAHET) has decided to terminate its highly successful bursary programme with immediate effect.  Since the launch of the programme in 2006, the IAHET has allocated bursaries totalling just under R3million to 394 tertiary level students irrespective of race, gender or creed.

 

“This is a decision that was not taken lightly but it has been strongly influenced by the government’s introduction, via the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), of free education for tertiary level students coming from households with a combined income of less than R350 000 per annum,” said Farzana Mahomed, chairperson of the IAHET. Our decision was also motivated by the declining number of bursary applications since the introduction of the new NSFAS-funded programme last year.”

 

We are pleased to report that many of the students whom we funded went on to graduate or further their studies and are now making a meaningful contribution to society. We would like to thank the Hospital Welfare and Muslim Education Movement (HWMEM), an organization with nearly 50 years of experience in the field, for their selfless service in administering the programme since inception, at no cost to the IAHET.

 

The Board of Trustees has decided to commit all our funding to the important area of Early Childhood Development (ECD) where we have developed important partnerships with the Centre for Early Childhood Development (CECD), the Foundation for Community Work (FCW) and Grassroots Educare Trust (GET). Together with these three organisations, who are leaders in the field of ECD, we have been able, and will continue, to provide a valuable service in areas like Gugulethu, Langa, Bonteheuwel, Mitchell’s Plain and Velddrif.