The Ministry of Education and Child Care uses records provided by schools to confirm eligibility for all awards: the BC Achievement scholarship; the BC Excellence and Pathway to Teacher Education scholarships; and, the District/Authority scholarship. Schools should ensure final marks for summer course completions and any other updates (including to citizenship/permanent residency status) have been applied to student records. Please do so by September 13, 2024. Information on summer school marks reporting, the TRAX Change Form needed to correct records, and the resources on the TRAX Information web page may be helpful.
Additional Information
Citizenship/Permanent Residency: Canadian citizens and permanent residents must be reported with a “C” indicator in extracts to TRAX from student information systems (SIS), such as My Education BC (MyED). Please ensure the citizenship/residency status for Grade 12 students is correctly recorded in your SIS and check student Transcript Verification Reports (TVRs) on the School Secure Web to ensure that they have been successfully reported to the ministry. Students who do not have a “C” reported (including blank entries) will be ineligible for scholarships.
BC Achievement scholarship: The BC Achievement scholarship recognizes 8,000 graduates with the top academic achievement in the province. For this scholarship, academic achievement is based on the subset of grades 10–12 courses that are used to meet graduation requirements (including electives); those courses used for graduation are marked on the transcript. The courses used vary from student to student and those marks combined differ from a grade point average. Questions? Email scholarships@gov.bc.ca.