Welcome to TTNSC!

The Trinidad and Tobago National Scholarship Companion is a web based application that was designed to aid national scholarship/bursary recipients with managing their obligatory service and keep track of their indebtedness.


Please login to use the application.

Disclaimer: This application is not affiliated with the Ministry of Education of Trinidad and Tobago, and was initially meant to serve as a personal portfolio project.

Features

The application contains many key features that enable you to elevate your scholarship/bursary management experience.


Guide

If you would like to be guided on how to use certain features, please check the guides below.


FAQ

Got a question? Here are some of our frequently asked questions.

Will this application work for busary students?

Yes, it will! The application will function the same for bursary students as it does for scholarship students. However, the MSLA extraction feature will not work. Modifications may also be required for the fees depending on what is counted towards your repayment expenses as a bursary student.

What is the purpose of this application?

The purpose of this application is to provide a means for national award recipients to manage their obligatory service and keep track of their indebtedness.

What data is collected?

Only the first page of the MSLA, your profile, and any other information you choose to provide is collected. The calculator does not store your data. as it performs the calculations locally on your device (Temporarily Disabled).

What are the methods of registration?

Currently, we only support Google, Faceboook, and Microsoft sign in/registration. Support for additional platforms may be implemented in future updates.

How accurate is the calculator?

The accuracy of the calculator relies majorly on the data you provide. Additionally, in an effort to maintain simplicity, the calculator does not account for special cases, such as study deferrals, that may affect your indebtedness. The calculator is meant to provide a rough estimate of your indebtedness.

Is this an official application?

No. This project is not affiliated with the Ministry of Education. This is a portfolio .NET 8.0 C# MVC Core project that was created to validate my skills as a .NET developer.

Why are the expenses of the MSLA not automatically populated?

Since the MSLA does not include costs your your specific tuition, programme, and institution, this is not possible. There exists the possibility of implemeting presets, in a future update, that can be used to populate the expenses automatically. However, this feature is not currently available.

What happens when I delete my account?

All of your data is permanently deleted. Your account and data cannot be recovered once deleted.

How much does it cost?

Absolutely free! As this project was meant to be a portfolio project, its access will be entirely free and you are welcome to utilize it for your personal reasons.

Is my information shared with others?

Never. All information shared with the application is kept private.

What was the inspiration behind this project?

In my previous role as a developer for the Ministry of Education GATE financial database, I spearheaded the revamping of the GATE Database System (GDS) that was built in ASP.NET. One such feature was the automatic calculation of tuition fees for students to factor in overpayments, underpayments, penalties, recoveries, means rates, and other special cases. With my experience in developing the GATE finance algorithm, I decided to take another shot at a finance based problem, and one that is deperately in need of a solution.

What happens to the MSLA pdf when I upload it?

Once the pdf is uploaded, the MSLA extractor will extract the data from the pdf and store it in the database. The PDF is loaded using a memory stream so the pdf is never actually stored on the server. The MSLA extractor defintely could use improvements in supporting bursary students. Feel free to submit a pull request.