Merit scholarship (in high school)
Verified 17 June 2025 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Your child benefits from the high school scholarship and has earned a mention good or all right to the national diploma of the patent? The merit scholarship can then be awarded to him. Here is the information you need to know about the merit scholarship.
To be eligible for the Merit Award, you must meet the following 3 conditions:
- Benefit from the high school scholarship
- Be enrolled in a cycle leading to HEADING or in the bin
- To have obtained a good or very good mention in the national diploma of the patent.
Please note
Merit scholarships may be interrupted if the class council deems your efforts and results insufficient or if you are not attending class.
You don't have a specific request to make. Indeed, your file of high school scholarship enough.
Once the award decision is communicated to you, you must to commit yourself in writing to continue your schooling assiduously until HEADING or to high school and do well. This commitment must be given to the school in which you are enrolled.
Please note
You can accept theautomatic study of your right to a grant at the time of your child’s enrollment in their school. You will not have to take any other steps to ensure that your scholarship entitlement is studied every school year.
The amount of the merit award depends on your rank in the high school scholarship.
The merit scholarship is paid in 3 installments at the same time as the high school scholarship.
Step | Quarterly Merit Award Amount |
---|---|
1 | €134 |
2 | €174 |
3 | €214 |
4 | €254 |
5 | €294 |
6 | €334 |
The scholarship must be cumulated with the high school scholarship.
In addition, it may be combined, subject to conditions, with the following aid:
Criteria for awarding national scholarships for upper secondary school studies
Merit Awards
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