Privacy Policy & Data Protection
How the Primary School Scholarship Board collects, safeguards, evaluates, and protects student and guardian information.
Effective Date: November 01, 2026 • Version 2.4
1 Our Commitment to Scholar Privacy
The Primary Educational Trust and Partner Primary School Scholarship Board operate this platform strictly to process, verify, and disburse merit-and-hardship educational grants. We treat all candidate submissions, guardian financial records, and institutional academic transcripts as confidential student educational records.
2 Categories of Information Collected
During nomination and verification, our portal collects:
- Candidate Identification: Full name, age, gender, date of birth, grade level, and participating school affiliation.
- Guardian Information: Full name, verified telephone number, email, and household size.
- Academic Merit Records: Counts of 'A' grades, subject achievements, and official scanned terminal report cards.
- Socioeconomic & Hardship Details: Monthly family income, orphan status, disability status, single-parent indicators, and hardship descriptions.
- Official School Endorsements: Submitting headmaster/teacher name, official institutional designation, and liaison telephone.
3 Purpose & Usage of Information
All submitted data is strictly restricted to the following purposes:
Eligibility Verification
Cross-referencing report cards against the mandatory 3 'A' grade benchmark and enrollment rosters.
Review Committee Rubric
Enabling authorized trust trustees to score and rank hardship dossiers transparently.
Grant Disbursement
Coordinating direct tuition waivers and textbook sponsorship with partner school bursars.
SMS & Email Tracking
Sending real-time status updates and ceremony invitations to verified guardian contacts.
4 Third-Party Disclosure Prohibition
We NEVER sell, rent, monetize, or disclose candidate data to third-party commercial entities, marketers, or advertisers. Data is shared exclusively with certified partner school administrators and trust evaluation trustees.
5 Data Retention & Security Safeguards
All digital dossiers and file attachments are stored in encrypted object storage with restricted role-based access controls. Records for unselected nominations are securely purged 24 months post-award cycle.