Awards - Scholarships

The Pathway to Teacher Education Scholarship (PTES) is a $5,000 annual scholarship that recognizes exceptional Grade 12 students planning to enter the field of teaching. The PTES will be awarded to 20 graduating students intending to enter a BC faculty of education program. This new scholarship will support outstanding students in pursuing a career path in teaching. Scholarship winners will be awarded a $5,000 voucher to redeem upon entrance to one of BC’s faculty of education programs. The scholarship’s first eligible cohort of students will be graduating in the 2012/2013 school year.

The application deadline is March 31. The Ministry will not accept applications unless they are received by March 31.

Before you start your application, make sure that you meet all eligibility requirements. Use the following checklist to be sure that you have all the required documents before beginning. Applications that do not include all required elements will not be considered. 

Eligibility requirements:

• Must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident (landed immigrant) at the time of writing the provincial exams.
• Must be a BC resident.
• Must be enrolled in or graduated from a B.C. Grade 12 graduation program and be eligible for a British Columbia Certificate of Graduation (Dogwood Diploma) by August 31st of the school year in which you are applying.

Selection criteria. Your application will be rated on the following criteria:

You must:

• be in your graduating year with graduation to occur by August 31 or sooner of the year in which you are applying.
• have at least a B in your Language Arts 11 final mark and have at least a B average in the three grade 11 final course marks that fulfill the graduation requirements of science 11, math 11, and social studies 11, with no more than one C+ final course mark. Please note: marks lower than C+ are not accepted.
• maintain a B average in all Grade 11 and Grade 12 final course marks required for graduation
• complete a resume
• provide two references, one from your community and one from the your school
• show evidence of your commitment to and aptitude for a teaching career by responding to a written-response question