MCAST
Apprenticeships 2022-2023
Students following an apprenticeship course must join the Apprenticeship
Scheme and actively seek to find and retain a sponsor as otherwise they may not
be entitled to the Students’ Maintenance Grants.
MCAST apprenticeships are divided in two tiers:
a.
lectures at MCAST, and
b.
work experience (on apprenticeship contract) with the sponsor
Students are duty bound to attend both lectures at MCAST and also for
their apprenticeship regularly. To ensure that Students' Maintenance Grants are credited to
students on time, students are to forward their apprenticeship attendance sheet
to the MCAST Apprenticeship Department every four weeks as
directed by the Apprenticeship & Work-Based Learning Department. All
absences due to illness are to be covered by a medical certificate.
The Students’ Maintenance Grants’ Board reserves the right to withhold
students’ stipend rates, including Summer Special Stipend rates and Top-up
Stipend rates for students who do not submit their attendance, and any medical
certificates as may be the case, as requested, within the stipulated time.
What is the Top-up stipend?
MCAST Apprentices may be eligible for a Top-up stipend rate. This Top-up
stipend is additionally credited to students working with a sponsor.
Apprentices receive a pro rata amount of the National Minimum
Wage Rate in addition to other Students' Maintenance Grants credited to
them.
What is the Summer Special Stipend?
Summer Special Stipends are stipend rates credited to MCAST Apprentices
in September, October and November, which cover apprenticeship with a sponsor
during the months of July, August and September subject to eligibility.
No payments of Summer Special Stipend will be made after end of November
of the respective academic year.
Information and Queries
All Students' Maintenance Grants credited to MCAST apprentices are
calculated based on data passed on to MCAST Stipends’ Office by the
Apprenticeship Department at MCAST by the stipulated period deadline. It is
therefore imperative that original hard copies of attendance logs are passed on
to the Apprenticeship & Work-Based Learning Department on time. Neither
the Students' Maintenance Grants’
Office nor MCAST Stipends’ Office cannot accept
liability if attendance logs do not reach the Apprenticeship and
Work-Based Learning Department at MCAST within the stipulated deadlines. Backdated
payments are only credited at specific dates determined by the Students'
Maintenance Grants' Board.
Apprentices attending ERASMUS
Students who attend for an ERASMUS project as part of their studies
during July, August and September are to be considered eligible for Top-up and Summer
Special Stipends, since apprentices on ERASMUS are excused by their local
sponsor to be able to work abroad and gain experience in a different working
environment. The number of hours worked on ERASMUS are to be included in
the attendance returned to the Apprenticeship and
Work-Based Learning Department.
Click HERE for
more detailed information about the Top up and Summer Special Stipends.