2025 Secondary Entrance Assessment Scholarships

Rules / Instructions

(Please read before completing Application Form)

RHAND Credit Union invites applications for Thirty (30) scholarships for children of RHAND members based on the results of the Secondary Entrance Assessment Examination 2025 as follows:

• Eighteen scholarships based on Merit for children who excel in the SEA Examination. At least two (2) of these awards are guaranteed for a Tobago student.

• Twelve scholarships based on Merit and Need for children who qualify under Need and who additionally performed satisfactorily in the SEA Examination. At least two (2) of these awards are guaranteed for a Tobago student

All Scholarships are for a period not exceeding five (5) years.

1) Eligibility of Applicant

• Applicants must be a member of RHAND Credit Union in good standing, that is, must be neither delinquent nor inactive.

Delinquent member means a member who is in default in the repayment of a loan or the payment of an installment in respect of a loan.

Inactive member means a member who has not purchased the equivalent of a minimum of twelve (12) shares during the preceding twelve-month (12) period.

• The applicant must be the natural mother or natural father, the adopted mother or adopted father, or the legal guardian of the child. Proof of relationship to the child must be submitted with the application – Birth Certificate with affidavit, if necessary, court order in case of adoption or legal guardianship.

2) Applications for Merit and Need

• Applicants who wish to be considered for an award based on Merit and Need must complete the Merit and Need section of the Application Form and must state the circumstances that support the Need criterion.
• Applicants under this category will be interviewed by a Special Committee that will determine if the need requirement has been established. The findings of the Committee shall be final.

3) Confidentiality of Information

• All information given in the applications and in interviews will be held in strictest confidence.

4) Rules Governing Annual Disbursements

     The Annual Scholarship Payment shall be subject to the following criteria:

• The applicant must continue to be in good standing during the tenure of the award. Failure of a member to meet this requirement would jeopardize payment under the scholarship.
• The child’s academic performance and conduct during the academic year must be satisfactory.
• The child must be attending a school located in Trinidad and Tobago.
• In case of the death of an applicant, the person responsible for the child must produce evidence of legal guardianship of the child, to enable payments to continue.
• The award ceases to be paid once the child reaches Form 5.

5) Completion of Application Form

• All questions on the application form must be answered. Where a question is not applicable, indicate this by N/A (applicable to physical forms only).
• An application form that is not signed by the member, will not qualify for consideration. 
• Copy of the Student Performance Report (SEA results) of the child must be submitted with the application form.
• All supporting documents must be attached to the application form before it is submitted (E.g. copy of Student Performance Report, Birth Certificate, Order of Court if the child is adopted, etc.).

IMPORTANT NOTICES

1) All information supplied must be true and correct. If any of the information provided is proven, prior to the finalization of the  wards, to be false or incorrect, the application is likely to be disqualified. If proof of such incorrectness or falsehood is discovered after the granting of the Award, the Award may be subject to withdrawal.

2) Applicants would be required to complete a Record Update Form if their personal data differs from what is currently on file.

6) Submission of Applications

All applications must be submitted using one of the following methods:

i. Electronic Submission

• • Applications submitted via email must be sent to scholarships@rhand.org.tt
  • Subject Line: 2025 Secondary Entrance Assessment Scholarship Application
  • Addressed to: The Secretary, Education Assistance Committee

ii. Physical Submission

• • Applications must be submitted in sealed a envelope addressed to:

The Secretary,
Education Assistance Committee
2025 Secondary Entrance Assessment Scholarship Application
RHAND Credit Union
57-61 Abercromby Street, Port of Spain

• • Envelopes must be deposited in the box provided at the Port of Spain, Arima, San Fernando, Tobago Branch Office.

2025 SEA Awards Scholarship Application Form

Application Submission Deadline

Date: Tuesday 29th July, 2025 | Time: 3:00 p.m.

Late Applications will not be accepted.