Applications will soon be accepted for next year's prestigious Crown Prince's International Scholarship Programme (CPISP) in Bahrain, it was announced yesterday.

Qualifying students must have Bahraini citizenship, be enrolled in the 11th grade or equivalent, and have a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 97 per cent or higher, said a report in the Gulf Daily News (GDN), our sister publication.

They have from March 9 to 27 to submit their applications.

Application forms are available online at www.cpisp.bh and must be submitted with all accompanying documentation before the March 27 deadline.

A minimum of 60 students will then be selected based on their English proficiency, critical reasoning abilities and GPA.

The final 10 scholarship recipients will be announced in March next year. - TradeArabia News Service