• The objective of the scholarship is to encourage students to continue to do well in their studies at the polytechnics.

• The preferred courses for the scholarship include Bioengineering, Health & Life Sciences, Nursing, Multimedia and Animation, Digital Media Design and Engineering.

Eligibility

• • Student must be a Muslim Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident of Singapore who has been residing in Singapore for at least 5 years immediately before being admitted to the institution

• Student must be commencing first-year studies in a full-time Diploma course in any of the following institutions;

• Nanyang Polytechnic
• Ngee Ann Polytechnic
• Singapore Polytechnic
• Temasek Polytechnic
• Republic Polytechnic

• Outstanding results in:
  • Singapore Cambridge GCE ‘O’ or GCE ‘A’ level examinations, preferably with 3 distinctions; or
  • NITEC / Higher NITEC with cumulative GPA score of 3.5 and above.
     
• Good records of active participation in co-curricular activities (CCA).
   
• Student with good academic results will be given priority for the award; however, if the results are comparable, then those with a lower family income should be given priority.

• Candidates will only be considered upon receipt of all the fully-completed required documents from the applicants

• Interviews will be held for shortlisted candidates and being eligible does not guarantee a placement

• Shortlisting of candidates is based upon competition amongst the eligible applicants and they must have been accepted by the institution

Value

• One scholarship is available to first year polytechnic student

• The scholarship covers 100% of the tuition fee and/or $1,000 as living allowance per annum

• Duration of the scholarship is up to a minimum period of study leading to a diploma or maximum of 3 years whichever is lower

• The scholarship is disbursed yearly for the whole duration of the course of study subject to satisfactory performance of the recipient

• The recipient must submit a copy of his/her examination results yearly to Yayasan MENDAKI before the fund can be disbursed to the recipient