{"id":45442,"date":"2024-08-20T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/?post_type=article&#038;p=45442"},"modified":"2024-08-23T11:20:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T18:20:31","slug":"deadline-reminder-update-records-for-scholarship-eligibility-for-2023-24-graduates","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/deadline-reminder-update-records-for-scholarship-eligibility-for-2023-24-graduates\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadline Reminder: Update Records for Scholarship Eligibility for 2023\/24 Graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Provincial Scholarships Program awards for recent graduates (2023\/24) will be processed in the coming&nbsp;weeks so that paper vouchers can be mailed to confirmed recipients this fall. To be confirmed, students must have completed all requirements, including graduation and coursework, by&nbsp;August 31, 2024. Those not on record as meeting requirements are ineligible for&nbsp;scholarships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n<!--noteaser-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hide-on-main\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"taxonomy-action_or_info wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/action_or_info\/action\/\" rel=\"tag\">For Action<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-release_date article-release-date wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">Published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/release_date\/2024-08-23\/\" rel=\"tag\">Friday August 23 2024<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Deadline Reminder: Update Records for Scholarship Eligibility for 2023\/24 Graduates<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Education and Child Care uses records provided by schools to confirm eligibility for\u00a0all\u00a0awards: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/education-training\/k-12\/support\/scholarships\/provincial-scholarships\/bc-achievement-scholarships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BC Achievement<\/a> scholarship; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/education-training\/k-12\/support\/scholarships\/provincial-scholarships\/bc-excellence-scholarships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BC Excellence<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/education-training\/k-12\/support\/scholarships\/provincial-scholarships\/pathway-to-teacher-education-scholarship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pathway to Teacher Education<\/a> scholarships; and, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/education-training\/k-12\/support\/scholarships\/provincial-scholarships\/district-authority-scholarships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">District\/Authority<\/a> 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. <strong>Please do so by September 13, 2024.<\/strong> Information on <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/assets\/gov\/education\/administration\/kindergarten-to-grade-12\/exams\/summer-school-marks-reporting.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">summer school marks<\/a> reporting, the <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gov.bc.ca\/education-training\/trax-change-form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRAX Change Form<\/a> needed to correct records, and\u00a0the resources on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/education-training\/k-12\/administration\/program-management\/assessment\/graduation\/trax-updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRAX Information web page<\/a> may be helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Information<\/strong><br><br><strong>Citizenship\/Permanent Residency:<\/strong> Canadian citizens and permanent residents must be reported with a \u201cC\u201d 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bced.gov.bc.ca\/exams\/tsw\/princ_terms.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">School Secure Web<\/a> to ensure that they have been successfully reported to the ministry. Students who do not have a \u201cC\u201d reported (including blank entries) will be ineligible for scholarships.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BC Achievement scholarship:<\/strong> The BC Achievement scholarship recognizes 8,000 graduates with the top academic achievement in the province. For this scholarship, academic achievement is based on&nbsp;the subset of grades 10\u201312 courses that are&nbsp;used to meet graduation requirements&nbsp;(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 <a href=\"mailto:scholarships@gov.bc.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scholarships@gov.bc.ca<\/a>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Provincial Scholarships Program awards for recent graduates (2023\/24) will be processed in the coming&nbsp;weeks so that paper vouchers can be mailed to confirmed recipients this fall. To be confirmed, students must have completed all requirements, including graduation and coursework, by&nbsp;August 31, 2024. 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