How To Apply for Compensation Fund Bursary Scheme 2025/2026
Compensation Fund Bursary Scheme 2025… Are you looking for a way to apply for the Compensation Fund Bursary Scheme in 2025? If yes, then this informative article is for you. You will be given detailed information about the Compensation Fund Bursary Scheme in 2025, Its Requirements, and How To Apply.
About the Compensation Fund Bursary Scheme
The Compensation Fund Invites unemployed COID beneficiaries with a permanent disablement (PWD), their dependents, and the dependents of fatally injured employees to apply for the Compensation Fund External Bursary opportunity.
The applicants must have been accepted at a recognized Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College, Community Education and Training (CET) College, or Higher Education Institution (HEI).
If you do not receive any response from the Compensation Fund within two months of submitting your application, consider your application (as likely) unsuccessful.
Who Can Apply for the Compensation Fund Bursary Scheme?
TARGET
- COID beneficiaries with a permanent disablement (Within the working age).
- Dependents of COID beneficiaries with a permanent disablement and dependents of fatally injured employees (17-35 years).
Learning Programmes/Qualifications
- Programmes that will enable beneficiaries to be reintegrated into the workplace or become self-employed
- Recommended qualifications are listed on page 4 of the application form.
Training Institutions
- TVET, CET, HEI, Public TVET, CET, HEI.
The bursary is open throughout the 2025 academic year; however, applicants are encouraged to send their applications on/before 31 March 2025.
Requirements
- Fully completed application form
- COID Pension number/Claim number
- Certified copies of parent(s) or guardian(s) identity document/death certificate (applicable to dependents)
- Identity document of the applicant.
- Proof of acceptance from a public Post School Education and Training (PSET) institution.
- Students must be enrolled to study on a full-time basis, and only under exceptional circumstances students with disabilities shall be allowed to study part-time
- Certification and verification of physical disability by a Health Care Professional or Disability Support Office/WCL forms (Final medical report).
Compensation Fund Bursary Scheme Benefit
- Tuition fees, Prescribed Study Material, Monthly Stipend and Accommodation.
How To Apply
Application Progress: Unemployed COID beneficiaries with a permanent disablement and their dependents are not restricted to the listed qualifications. In addition, COID beneficiaries with a Permanent Disablement struggling to gain access to training institutions due to their level of education and other barriers can contact our offices for organized Vocational Skills Programmes/Qualifications.
Contact Information: For further inquiries, assistance, and advice, please contact us at: Phone: (012) 319 9264/ (012) 319 5774/(012) 319 9124 / (012) 319 9264; Customer care toll-free number: 0800 321 322; SMS: 44967
- Compensation Fund Bursary Scheme 2025 Academic Year
- Compensation Fund External Bursary Scheme 2025 Academic Year- Application Form
Submit Your Application Via:
- Post Office/Courier: The Sub-Sub-Directorate: Vocational Rehabilitation, Department of Employment and Labour, Compensation Fund, Private Bag X 955, Pretoria, 0001.
- Hand Delivery: 167 Thabo Sehume & Madiba Street, Delta Heights Building.
- Email: CFexternalbursaries@labour.gov.za.
Application Deadline: 31st March 2025
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