Scholarship details

The Margaret Moody Scholarship is named in honour of a former nurse, who bequeathed a grant of $582,392 to the community of disabled persons when she died in 1985. The money was invested on behalf of the sector and the interest from the investment is used to finance the scholarship annually.

Scholarship grants do not exceed $150,000 per student per annum and can be used for tuition, boarding and other academic material.

Dr Hendricks said the Jamaica Society for the Blind (JSB) Scholarship is for persons who are blind or visually impaired, while the Marlon King Memorial Scholarship is for persons with all types of disabilities, except blindness or visual impairment.

Scholarships are valued at $50,000 at the secondary level and $100,000 at the tertiary level.

The deadline for application to the three scholarships is July 31, and applicants must be registered with the JCPD to be eligible.

All application forms are available on the JCPD’s website at www.jcpdja.com and at the JCPD’s office at 18 Ripon Road in St Andrew.

The application forms for the JSB Scholarship and the Marlon King Memorial Scholarship are also available at the Jamaica Society for the Blind at 1111⁄2 Old Hope Road.

Interested persons may also contact the JCPD at 968-8373, 968-0623 or 926-9374-6.