.JPG) As part of its Social Responsibility initiatives, the Company launched in October the program Oportunidades Bavaria – Apoyo Educativo para Hijos de Tenderos, which will provide access to technical education to 1,000 students in 2010 and 3,000 more in the upcoming years.
Through this activity, focused on the siblings of retailers in socioeconomic levels 1 and 2, Bavaria will sponsor up to 80% of the registration fee cost, prior compliance of a series of requirements and submittal of documentation required.
The students who receive the benefits of the program will require no co-debtor and are not obliged to pay interests for the money they receive as support. Likewise, they will have the possibility to pay once they get a job.
The detailed information of Oportunidades Bavaria – Apoyo Educativo para Hijos de Tenderos was published in the edition of the Don Próspero Magazine issued in October. It explains the fact that candidates to such support must follow the whole process through Bavaria’s web page.
Oportunidades Bavaria – Apoyo Educativo para Hijos de Tenderos will be administered by Lumni - a firm specialized in design and administration of human capital investment funds for high potential and low revenue students.
At the end of the requirement and documentation stage, you may find a visual guide on how to follow the process, which we suggest participants to review.
Student Requirements
- Being the child of a shopkeeper in socioeconomic levels 1 and 2.
- Being a high school graduate or being in 11th grade.
- Ages between 16 and 25 years of age.
- Being single, no children.
- ICFES state test results above the average in the region.
- Excellent and outstanding grades at school.
- Acceptance letter and / or registration order issued by a technical institution approved by the National Ministry of Education.
- Valid e-mail address.
Shopkeeper Requirements
Just as there are requirements for students, there are certain requirements that shopkeepers must comply, which include:
- The establishment must operate and be located in a sector corresponding to socioeconomic levels 1 or 2.
- It must sell Bavaria products at the Suggested Price.
- No alcohol sold to the underage.
- Financial resources to pay a minimum amount of 20% of the 6-month registration fee.
Documentation Required
- 11th Grade Students: photocopy of the grades obtained in their 9th and 10th year of school, and those of the periods studied to date in their 11th grade.
- High School Graduates: high school graduation act and photocopies of their 9th, 10th and 11th grades.
- Technical Career Students: photocopies of the academic periods completed and photocopies of their 9th, 10th and 11th grades.
- For all cases:
- Current ICFES state test photocopy.
- Photocopy of registration fee order and payment receipt. If not available, attach admission copy issued by the education institution.
- In the case of men above 18, attach photocopy of their military ID. If this document has not been received yet, the individual must expressly commit in writing to resolve the situation and attach the document that certifies his military status.) certifying the good credit history of the applicant.
- Photocopy of deposit in the name of Fundación Bavaria – Oportunidades Bavaria, checking account 031-53715230 from Bancolombia, corresponding to 20% of the registration fee. This deposit must be made only by those who have been selected, and who have accepted the sponsorship and the contract thereof. |
