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Police Federation/ Ministry of National Security

Scholarship Awards Function

In 2002, the Police Federation instituted a scholar- missing out on achieving the required Grade Point
ship as a negotiated item to three categories of chil- Average.
dren of police officers. They were those killed in
the line of duty, injured in the line of duty and serv- We are pleased to share that since the inception of
ing members. We started then with 20 scholarships. the program in September 2003 to 2019, eight
In 2007, following our wage negotiation, the hundred and four children (804) of deceased,
number and value of the scholarships were injured or serving police officers were awarded
increased with all accredited institutions. scholarships. This is in addition to the 84 that was
awarded. We now have a whopping total of 888
For the academic year, 2019/ 2020, a total of 100 scholarships over the period. This is a significant
new scholarships were on offer with a total of achievement for the Police Federation. We have
$200,000 available per year of scholarship for made an impact…Yes we have.
tuition at any accredited University in Jamaica with
the criteria of maintaining a minimum of 2.5 grade
point average.

New applicants who were successful for the MNS
Scholarship for the period 2019/2020 academic
year totaled 84. Approved renewals for the
2019/2020 academic year totaled 62 with 15

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