{"id":333463,"date":"2019-08-09T18:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T16:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=333463"},"modified":"2019-08-10T08:33:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-10T06:33:27","slug":"these-south-african-students-can-now-apply-for-a-scholarship-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/333463\/these-south-african-students-can-now-apply-for-a-scholarship-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"These South African students can now apply for a scholarship in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AFS Interculture in partnership with the US embassy has opened <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/za.usembassy.gov\/yes-a-full-scholarship-to-u-s-for-high-school-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">applications<\/a> <\/strong>for its Kennedy Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Programme (KL YES).<\/p>\n<p>The KL YES programme provides South African students with the unique chance to spend 10 months with a carefully selected host family and go to a local American high school.<\/p>\n<p>The programme takes place over 10 months from August 2020 \u2013 June 2021 and includes a full scholarship sponsored by the KL YES and the US Department of State.<\/p>\n<p>You are eligible if:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You are a South Africa resident;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You were born between 01\/01\/2003 and 01\/08\/2005;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You are enrolled in a secondary school at time of application;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Have the equivalent of a B average (70%) or better for the past three years, with no subject mark below 50% for 2017, 2018 and 2019;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You must have lived more than 50% (3yrs) of the last 5 years in South Africa &amp; and be able to provide citizenship documents;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You are able to produce all school reports from January 2017 until June 2019;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Have not yet completed more than 11 years of primary education nor received a high school matric certificate;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You must be able to speak and understand English;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You are able to complete the preliminary application and send it to AFS at the email below;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You have a valid passport and unabridged birth certificate, or are able to apply for one;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You must be open-minded, flexible and independent;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You must be able to attend a selection day in Johannesburg, Pietermaritzburg or Cape Town at your own expense, and if shortlisted, again for a language test and further selection procedures;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Shortlisted students will need to produce their vaccination card and pay for further immunisations as required.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The closing date for applications is 16 August 2019. You can find out more about the scholarship <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.afs.org.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/329153\/big-increase-in-south-africans-applying-for-us-green-cards-ahead-of-new-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Big increase in South Africans applying for US green cards ahead of new changes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFS Interculture in partnership with the US embassy has opened applications for its Kennedy Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Programme (KL YES).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":309348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9876],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-333463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333463"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":334063,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333463\/revisions\/334063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}