AFAS Conducts Screening Exercise for Bursary Applicants
Lawal Maruf
The Association of Faculty of Arts Students, through its committee which was set up for the AFAS bursary, conducted a screening exercise for students who applied to be beneficiaries of the bursary, on Saturday, January 20, 2023.
The bursary is meant to cater for the faculty of Arts students who are yet to pay their tuition fee and those that have partly paid the charged fees. It is targeted to cover school fee, bundle fee, utility fee, technology fee, GES fee, and late payment fee.
According to the AFAS President who also doubles as the chairman of the committee, Olaniyi Esther, four out of the ten students who did the online application actually came for the screening. She also mentioned that the committee attended to two other students who did not fill the online form.
Speaking on the criteria, Olaniyi noted that the factors considered in choosing beneficiaries include reason for application for the bursary, the amount partly paid, and the monthly income of the applicants’ parents/guardians. Three of the applicants were disqualified because their reasons for applying for the bursary were not in accordance with the purpose of the bursary.
In order to meet the 500,000 naira target for the bursary, the president stated that they are planning to raise the funds by calling for donations across all departments and reaching out to the alumni to complement the 150,000 naira which they already have.