Organizations give back to the society in many ways. All these are geared towards reaching out to the needy in society. These organizations give back to the society through what is called community social responsibility. They do this in many ways. Most of them include giving donations to those who are deemed needy and in need of these services. One of these ways of giving back to the society is by offering scholarships whereby students are paid for their tuition fees to pursue different courses of their interest.
Offering scholarship to students that need them is a very intensive process as it involves collecting data about these as well as evaluating which ones deserve the scholarships and which ones do not. For this process to be carried out effectively there needs to be guidelines to ensure objectivity and to avoid bias. There needs to be a standard criterion through which all the students are subjected to ensure that the process is effective. This criterion would involve taking into account a number of factors about the student as well as the course of study they want to pursue. This article aims at providing some of the factors that may be examined to ensure that scholarships are given to those students that deserve them as well as the effectiveness of the system enhanced.
One very important factor to take into account in this case is the academic performance of the students. Most companies only provide scholarships to students that perform well in their studies. Good performance is a sign of diligence and hard work and therefore these companies choose to reward these students by giving them scholarships to pursue the courses of their choice. This is very justified and objective since it would be very unreasonable to award a scholarship to a student that exhibits poor performance.
The other very critical factor to take into account is the student’s interest in the scholarship and the course to be pursued under the scholarship. Companies only grant and award scholarships to those students who are actually interested in them. To determine the interest of the student in the scholarship one can determine whether or not the student actually expressed interest through placing an application with the company awarding it. Students that show interest in the scholarship should be given the first priority when it comes to awarding them.
The other crucial factor to take into account is how needy the student is. This refers to the financial capability that the student exhibits. It beats reason to award a scholarship to someone who has the financial resources to sponsor themselves for an academic course while leaving out others that do not have the capability to do so but are qualified and deserve the scholarship. It is wise and advisable that companies give the first priority to those students that do not have the capability to pay their tuition fees but have the required qualifications for the scholarship as compared to those who are able to cater for the expenses on their own.