Awards year 2024: paper scholarship vouchers have been mailed to recipients of the 2024 Pathway to Teacher Education scholarship; only selected students are notified. Thank you to all applicants and best wishes for success in your post-secondary studies.
Awards year 2025: online applications are due by 3:00 pm PST on Monday, February 17, 2025. To prepare, please see details below.
The Pathway to Teacher Education scholarship is awarded to 20 outstanding high school graduates who have demonstrated a commitment to and aptitude for a career in K–12 teaching.
Students selected for this award receive a $5,000 scholarship voucher from the Ministry of Education and Child Care that they can use to be reimbursed for tuition paid after they are attending an approved teacher education program in the Faculty of Education at a B.C. post-secondary institution. To qualify, the program must lead to eligibility to apply for a B.C. teaching certificate and teach in the K–12 school system in this province.
Students have seven years to redeem their Pathway to Teacher Education scholarship vouchers; an expiry date is printed on each voucher and extensions are not possible.
Students selected as conditional recipients of the Pathway to Teacher Education scholarship must meet the following requirements by August 31 of their graduating year to be confirmed as a recipient and receive their scholarship voucher:
Note: students may apply for both the Pathway to Teacher Education scholarship and the BC Excellence scholarship but can be awarded only one.
Students interested in applying for the Pathway to Teacher Education scholarship in the 2025 awards year are encouraged to get organized well before the application deadline of 3:00 pm PST on February 17, 2025.
Ready to submit? Be prepared to complete the application in one session (i.e., without closing the browser). While you will be able to toggle back and forth in one session, you will not be able to save your application online.
Students are encouraged to inform their high schools of any address changes. In the fall, the Ministry mails paper scholarship vouchers to recipients using the home addresses reported by schools.
Please contact the Provincial Scholarships Program team: scholarships@gov.bc.ca