Section 33A: Additional Scholarships

33A. Additional Scholarships (1) The Minister shall, in accordance with regulations made under this Act, award 50 scholarships which shall be known as the Additional Scholarships. (2) Out of the 50 Additional Scholarships— (a) 26 shall be awarded to persons on the result of a prescribed examination for which the pupils of Government schools and approved secondary schools having the prescribed qualifications shall be entitled to sit; and (b) 24 shall be awarded to persons on the result of the prescribed examination referred to in paragraph (a), provided that the total income of the parents of the person does not exceed, in the aggregate, such amount as may be prescribed. (3) A person who is awarded a scholarship under subsection (2) may, instead of pursuing his undergraduate studies abroad, elect to— (a) follow an undergraduate course in any approved tertiary education institution in Mauritius; (b) pursue postgraduate studies in Mauritius or in any other country approved by the Minister, subject to securing a seat at university for that purpose; and (c) spend 2 years on internship in a Government Ministry or Department in Mauritius, on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed. (4) In this section— “total income” has the same meaning as in section 16A of the Income Tax Act. [S. 33A inserted by s. 5 (b) of Act 10 of 2010 w.e.f. 31 March 2011.]