Elimu Scholarships 2024

The Jomo Kenyatta Foundation (JKF) Scholarship Programme improves access to education and transition through provision of scholarships and mentorship to academically promising Kenyan orphans and children from poor vulnerable backgrounds in public secondary schools. The scholarship covers tuition and uniform as per the scholarship policy. In full recognition of the Kenya Constitution, 2010, affirmative action is accorded priority during selection.

Only candidates who sat the 2023 KCPE examinations from public primary schools and refugee learners from 49 Camp Based Primary Schools and those refugee learners who attended Public Primary Schools outside the camps in Kakuma, Kalobeyei and Daadab are eligible.

In addition, the applicants must meet the following eligibility criteria:

• Orphans;
• Learners from urban informal settlements;
• Learners whose parents/guardians are living with disabilities that have compromised their ability to meet the financial obligations of their children;
• Learners whose families are affected by HIV/AIDS and other chronic illnesses with debilitating effects that could render parents and guardians destitute and unable to fend for their families;
• Learners whose families are affected by extreme poverty, rendering them unable to educate their children;
• Learners who have suffered from neglect/abuse and have no support to continue with their education.
• Learners with Special needs and disabilities

For more details on the scholarship: https://www.jkf.co.ke/index.php/scholarships