Call for Application: 2020 Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls- South Africa
Call for Application: 2020 Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls- South Africa
Description
The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls provides students in grade 8 through 12 with an opportunity to develop their full intellectual, social and leadership potential. To be eligible, girls must be South African, demonstrate academic and leadership potential, and come from a disadvantaged background.
Admission Criteria for 2020
Students qualify for a scholarship if:
- they are academically talented and have leadership potential
- they are a South African citizen or permanent resident
- their family or household total income before deductions is less than R10 000 per month
- they are currently in Grade 7
ADMISSION PROCEDURE
Terms and conditions apply. No correspondence will be entered into. The Academy’s Selection Commitee’s decision is final.
The Selection Process
Once all applicants have been received and screened, testing will be arranged for those applicants who meet the criteria.
Stage 1: Entrance tests
Applicants who meet the initial criteria will be invited to write entrance test, which will be held at a number of different venues throughout South Africa
Stage 2: More extensive testing – academic and leadership potential
Further selection and more extensive testing of academic ad leadership potential will follow
Stage 3: Selection Camps- clinical interviews and a range of psychological assessments
Final selection camps, lasting 2 or 3 days, will be held at the Academy later in the year
Stage 4: Home visits and registration
All successful students will be registered at their homes at the end of the process
