STUDENTS islandwide sitting their CXC/CSEC Principles of Accounts (POA) and Principles of Business (POB) subjects in June 2012 will have their examinations fees paid for in full by the NCB Foundation.

This is a continuation of the NCB Foundation’s CXC/CSEC POA and POB Fee Sponsorship programme established in 2003 to support the Ministry of Education’s National Development Plan by assisting students at the secondary level to meet the minimum qualification requirement for entry to a tertiary institution.

Each year under the programme, over 4,000 applications are paid for by the NCB Foundation for students sitting CXC/CSEC POA and POB. Since the programme began, NCB Foundation has donated over $67 million, which has funded more than 66,000 student entries.

Last year, the Foundation paid out $8.5 million to subsidise exam fees for 4,484 student entries. Over the years both schools and students have continued to make use of the programme which continues to provide financial support to high school students across Jamaica.

Applications are submitted by the schools and to qualify for sponsorship, schools are expected to have a 90 per cent sit rate in the respective subject areas as well as students’ averages in the both subject areas must be 70 per cent and higher.

To see the list of qualified schools for the 2011/2012 academic year individuals can go to www.NCBfoundaton.org.