Some high school students can benefit from a merit scholarship paid according to their result at the college certificate. What there is to know…
The patent merit scholarship is a bonus paid, as its name suggests, based on a student’s results, for a maximum of 3 years. It can go up to 1000 euros per year, or 3000 in total! Who is affected exactly? Under what conditions? Are there any steps to take? What is its amount? Or, can we lose it? Many questions revolve around obtaining this precious help. Here is the key information you need to know.
To be listed as a merit scholarship contender, one must meet the following prerequisites:
Not particularly, neither for a student nor for his parents: the high school scholarship file is sufficient for obtaining the merit scholarship. The latter is awarded to the scholarship student by the rector of the academy, after examining his results at the DNB.
Good to know: it is however necessary to write a letter in the form of a sworn statement. If a student is concerned by this scholarship, he undertakes in this letter to continue his education until the baccalaureate and to promote the obtaining of good academic results. This letter has the value of a letter of commitment and must be given to his school, which will keep it.
In 2023, the amount of the patent merit scholarship, which is paid annually, can vary from 400 euros to 1000 euros. The amount that the student may be required to receive as a high school student is based on his scholarship level (in connection with his high school scholarship).
It should be noted that the merit scholarship is received at the same time as the high school scholarship, i.e. in three installments. It is cumulative with this grant. Under certain conditions, the student can also receive both the merit bonus and the ARS (back-to-school allowance), the boarding school bonus, aid for students enrolled in the vocational path (equipment bonus), the High School Social Fund or aid for the school canteen, according to Service public.fr.
The answer is yes, in the event that the results or the attendance in class do not seem satisfactory with regard to the class councils. The idea is that the student’s efforts remain relevant until the end of their high school education.
