Each year, the International Community School of Addis Ababa (ICS) grants scholarships to current 8th grade Ethiopian students living in Addis Ababa. The scholarships cover four years of high school (grades 9-12) at ICS. The Scholarship Program is open to students from all schools registered under Ministry of Education, except the foreign community schools.
Scholarship students will be expected to pay the amount of tuition fees they would pay at their current school under the ICS scholarship terms. Families must also be prepared to make some financial commitments annually for student travel or activities that are essential for gaining the well-rounded experience that top US universities are looking for. ICS Scholarship students attract the attention of college recruiters with their excellent academics and their involvement in sports, school activities, community service and leadership. In recent years, our ICS scholar graduates have won competitive scholarships at universities such as Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Amherst, Cornell and other top schools in the USA.
Each middle school in Addis Ababa receives an invitation letter from ICS by delivery or from their sub city educational bureau by the end of February. Schools also receive three (3) application forms and further information regarding the nature of the examinations, eligibility requirements to sit for examinations necessary documentation required to support an application, and various deadlines connected with the scholarship competition.
Schools are asked to publicize their selection process to its constituency to assure transparency and fairness. Schools are invited to select and recommend to ICS three (3) candidates for the scholarship competition.
Parents are not permitted to approach ICS individually with alternate candidates. Please ask your Head of School for more information. The completed application, signed by the Head of School, must be returned to the Counselor’s Office at ICS on or before 4:00 PM, March 15th, 2024. Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.
