Dear Parents,
In the interest of sharing information with parents as early as possible, we would like to bring to your attention the requirements of the Crown Prince's International Scholarship Program.
For students that are currently in Grade 11, we have communicated the information to the students that have the required grades to apply.
For students in Grade 9 and 10, we are sharing this information with you at this stage to manage your expectations.
The CPISP Program begins its selection process in Grade 11.
The final award is made in April / May of Grade 12.
Stage 1: Application Requirements
- ·Bahraini Citizen,
- ·Enrolled in Grade 11,
- An average of 97% for Grade 10 and the first semester of Grade 11.
Press release (this is the presentation attended by students from various schools):
http://www.cpisp.bh/Media/News/2018/11Dec.aspx
Stage 2: Application process
The student and the parent complete the application online.
The school is not allowed to submit applications on the student’s behalf.
The school may only provide a transcript to the student.
http://www.cpisp.bh/application/application.aspx
Stage 3: Candidacy Program
Approximately 400 students from both private and public schools are invited to take the test which takes place in April of Grade 11, the CPISP will communicate directly with the student and give them a 2 day notice before the test (it usually takes places on Friday & Saturday).
Candidacy Program
Takes place in the summer holiday between Grade 11 and 12 based on their GPAs and results of the qualifying tests, with the following breakdown:
60 Bahraini students are selected (commonly referred to as Top 60):
- 20 Public School Boys
- 20 Public School Girls
- 10 Private School Boys
- 10 Private School Girls
This explains the candidacy program in more detail and provides the dates for this year:
http://www.cpisp.bh/Candidacy
Stage 4: Final selection
10 students are selected for the final award of the scholarship:
- 3 Public School Boys
- 3 Public School Girls
- 2 Private School Boys
- 2 Private School Girls
This explains the selection criteria for the final 10 recipients:
http://www.cpisp.bh/About/CPISP%20SELECTION%20PROCESS
Additional information:
Please note, in the last seven years, all IKNS recipients were ranked either 1st or 2nd in their grade level and had cumulative averages of at least 99.00% at the time of graduation and an IB score of at least 40 out of 45 in the official IB exams.
The three students in Grade 12 this year that are candidates in to Top 60 had cumulative averages of 98.8% and higher (approximately 4.34 GPA and higher) for Grade 10 and Grade 11 Semester 1 when they applied for the CPISP program.
This email is sent out to explain the requirements as well as provide information to parents. We understand that many parents dream of having their child earn this prestigious scholarship. We wanted to provide information to help you understand just how competitive and difficult the selection process for the Candidacy Program (Top 60) is as well as for the final selection of the 10 scholarship recipients. It is an honor to take part in the Candidacy Program and learn from it, even if the student does not receive the scholarship in the end.
Regards,
Secondary School Administration
