The FAWE/Mastercard Technical and Vocational Education and Training Bursary Program 2026 is now accepting applications. Interested candidates are urged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and to apply.
About FAWE/Mastercard Technical and Vocational Education and Training Bursary Program
Opportunity Details
- Date Published: September 30, 2025
- Application Deadline: October 30, 2025
- Category: Training
Women
- Oppotunity Locations: Zimbabwe
The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) has partnered with the Mastercard Foundation to implement the Second Chance Pathways for Increased Access to Tertiary Education for Marginalised Young Women and Men / FAWE/Mastercard Foundation Programme Phase II. Through FAWE Zimbabwe, there are 200 bursaries available (80% female and 20% male) for programme participants interested in pursuing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) related programmes at selected Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions in Zimbabwe. The programme will prioritise participants facing the highest social and economic barriers, with 5-15% of them being people with disability and refugees.
Benefits of FAWE/Mastercard Technical and Vocational Education and Training Bursary Program
- Application forms are free. No fees, facilitation charges, or intermediaries are required at any stage of the process.
FAWE/Mastercard Technical and Vocational Education and Training Bursary Program Requirements
- Be aged between 15 and 25 years at the time of application.
- Applicants should meet the entry requirements of a TVET institution of their choice from those listed below.
- Recent secondary school graduates are mostly encouraged to apply.
- Applicants should have sat for their Ordinary or Advanced Level examinations in schools in any of Zimbabwe’s ten provinces.
- The applicant must not be a current beneficiary of any other bursary or scholarship programme.
- Applicants with disabilities, special needs, refugees, individuals infected or affected by HIV/AIDS, and orphans (partial or total) are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Applicants must be applying for 2–to 3-year courses in STEM fields.
- The applicant must be applying for a STEM-related programme at the following institutions: Harare, Bulawayo, Mutare, Gweru, Kwekwe Polytechnics, and Belvedere Technical Teachers College.
Application Date and Process
1. Forms can be obtained at the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education District Offices in Zimbabwe’s 10 provinces or downloaded from here: (FAWE-Zimbabwe-APPLICATION-FORM-FOR-TVET-Bursary-24.9.25)
2. Applicants can also apply online here: (https://forms.gle/VxnWqPcDuhogk6dx7)
Submit your fully completed application form to:
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education District offices in Zimbabwe’s 10 Provinces.
Application Deadline
30 October, 2025
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