Shoprite offering bursaries at career fair in Cape Town

Siblings Yaqoob (18) and Nabeelah (21) Galant from Ottery in Cape Town both received financial assistance from Shoprite to study Pharmacy at the University of the Western Cape. Yaqoob is in his 1st year and Nabeelah in her third year.

The group, which annually offers bursaries to the value of almost R20 million, will assist matriculants and enrolled students with queries on the criteria and application process for one of its comprehensive bursaries.

Candidates may qualify for a bursary of up to R60,000 per annum, which allows for registration fees, tuition, textbook and accommodation fees, depending on the course of study and institution. Each bursary granted is linked to a work back agreement with Shoprite and, in this way, a bursary holder is assured of career prospects with South Africa’s largest private sector employer.

By providing bursaries to qualifying students, as well as educational loans and grants to its employees and their dependents, the group aids and strengthens economic security and social welfare in the communities within which it trades.

Still open for bursaries

The group has already awarded over 200 tertiary study bursaries to deserving candidates for the 2016 academic year. It is still accepting bursary applications for financial assistance to study in 2016, with bursaries available for qualifications in pharmacy, chartered accounting, logistics and supply chain management, information technology, industrial engineering, hospitality, retail business management and marketing.

On successful completion of their studies, pharmacy students have employment opportunities within one of the group’s 159 MediRite pharmacies throughout South Africa.

The group’s trainee management programme will aid retail business and hospitality management graduates in preparing them to become store managers.

Chartered Accountant (CA) candidates can be placed within South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) approved CA training programme, within the group, to complete their internship as articled clerks.

The logistics and industrial engineering graduates programme train managers for positions within one of the group’s 20 distribution centres, whilst the IT and marketing trainee programmes assist graduates to gain the necessary specialised workplace experience.

The group recognises the value of investing in opportunities for young people to obtain a qualification and acquire the necessary skills for gainful employment. A consistent employment generator, it currently employs more than 136,000 people with 6,150 jobs created during the last year.

For more information, go to http://shopritebemore.com.