The right to education is one of the most fundamental global rights that every child – regardless of their religion, gender, creed, race, caste and class – is equally entitled to. Thus, it becomes a major responsibility for schools and educational institutions to provide quality education to all deserving children. As an initiative to encourage meritorious students and provide them with the right opportunities, Global Indian International School offers the Global Citizenship Scholarship. Since the GIIS scholarship is a lucrative opportunity for proficient students, applicants must be clear about exactly what the exam entails and how they should prepare for it. Here is a guide:
a) GIIS Citizen Scholarship is open to students studying all curricula. In India, students following the CBSE and ICSE or any other syllabus can apply.
b)There is no specific syllabus for the exam. Most of the evaluation is based on the knowledge of a student’s current curriculum. So, as long as the student is well-versed in maths, science and languages learnt earlier, they should be prepared.
c)The questions are based on the topics incorporated in the grade 10 syllabus. If a student wants to be well-prepared for the exams, revision of their existing syllabus should suffice. A strong foundational understanding of essential concepts in each subject is sure to help students sail through the exam.
d)The Skype Interview that follows for shortlisted candidates is also not subject-specific. It is designed to understand the academic and non-academic strengths of the students.
e)Interviewers try to understand the students’ aptitudes, their readiness to take up a curriculum they have chosen to study in Singapore, their mental toughness to stay away from family, and their interests and inclinations.
f)GIIS has one Youtube Video and one podcast on the subject, which gives a lot of information about the scholarship: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9qrMruWFJM
The Global Citizen Scholarship helps academically inclined students utilise world-class amenities and achieve timely support and guidance from expert teaching staff. In its own way, GIIS, as an international school in Singapore, aims at spreading the luminescence of education across different economic groups.