Funding
Means-based support, when cost is the only obstacle
Some candidates have the level, the project and the availability, and only the amount stands in the way. Means-based support exists for exactly those situations: it is reviewed on file, at application time, and the answer is written in every case.
A targeted scheme, and it says so
Means-based support pursues one precise aim: removing an identified financial obstacle, where the merit scholarship distinguishes a record. It therefore targets situations where everything else is in place — the level, the project, the weekly availability — and only the amount decides. It is requested during the application, reviewed with the file and answered in writing, with reasoning. Its relationship with the merit scholarship is simple: both are requested at the same moment, and the committee retains whichever best serves the situation.
The situations the scheme targets
Returning to study, self-funded
No employer behind the move, a stated project and genuine availability every week.
A first programme in a family
Nobody has taken this route before you, and the budget is built with no prior benchmark.
A simultaneous family responsibility
The programme runs alongside obligations that weigh on the same monthly cash flow.
A career transition
An income shifting during the programme, which the payment schedule must follow without a break.
How the request is handled
- 01
Request at application
The box sits on the same form as the merit scholarship: one step covers both.
- 02
Describe the situation in ten lines
What you are funding, what stays available to you each month, what you are aiming at.
- 03
Committee review
On the same criteria for everyone, in the same round, with both schemes set side by side.
- 04
Written answer and schedule
The answer carries the reasoning and, where support is granted, the schedule that reflects it.
What stays open in every case
- monthly payments available, unconditionally
- 10
- the most accessible entry point
- 900 000 GNF
- short courses to start with
- 5
- working days for the answer
- 10
Questions about support
Can both schemes be requested at once?
Yes, and it is even advisable: one extra box, one review, and the committee retains whichever best serves your situation. The written answer states which one and why.
Does support also cover the application fee?
It applies to the year's tuition fees. The application fee pays for the admission work, which takes place before the request is reviewed.
What if my situation changes during the year?
A new schedule is drawn up on the outstanding balance, on a simple written request. The total due stays the catalogue amount, and the calendar adapts to your cash flow.
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- Family rateIHETC family rate: a shared file for one household, a single payment schedule, a common payment date and a group rate assessed on file at application time.
- Company rateIHETC company rate: the catalogue's public amounts as a baseline, group rate assessed on file, with reporting, attendance tracking and a compliance export included in the rollout.
- Re-enrolmentRe-enrolment at IHETC: your programme carried into the next year at the published amount, schedule renewed, credits earned preserved and access to content taken maintained.
- Changing routeChanging route at IHETC: credits earned kept, payments already made carried over, a new schedule matched to the chosen programme's amount, written decision within ten working days.
- Pausing and resumingPausing and resuming an IHETC programme: a simple declaration, later instalments stopped, credits earned kept, resumption at the next block with no new file.
- RefundsIHETC refunds: situations giving rise to a return of funds, written request, review within ten working days, payment through the original channel and a written reasoned decision.