The BGŻ Class is a project aiming at leveling out the chances of the most talented pupils from the poorest rural and small-town environments.
The BGŻ Class is an original program of BGŻ Bank, in which we finance 3 years of schooling (including living costs) at renown high schools in academic cities. Junior high graduates, that fulfill the following requirements can participate:
- Have a GPA above 5,0 – the semester of the third class of junior high is taken into account
- Have a domestic background, where the average income per capita in the current year does not exceed 767,87 PLN.
- Live in rural locations or small towns, that are not counties.
The BGŻ Class Project was awarded the ‘Benefactor of the year 2007’, by the prestigious Academy for the Development of Philanthropy in the ‘Strategic social engagement by corporations program’. BGŻ was awarded for its social and educational engagement ion projects.
See the detailed terms of participation in the BGŻ Class program (the file can be downloaded in PDF format)
The list of participating High Schools:
- VII High School named after Juliusz Słowacki in Warsaw (from 2003)
- XIV High School named after Polonia Belgijska in Wrocław (from2006)
- Musical High School I & II named after Feliks Nowowiejski in Gdańsk (from 2007) – Musical „BGŻ Class”
- I High School named after Bartłomiej Nowodworski in Cracow (from 2008)
- III High School of Marines in Gdynia (from 2009)
The BGŻ Foundation chooses projects in prestigious high schools that are high in the national high school rankings, have an interesting academic offer and dedicated academic faculty.
One of the technical matters that have to be addressed when choosing a high school is that it has to have internet access or the internet has to be accessible in the near vicinity.
Voivodships where enrollment is carried out :
Enrollment for the academic year 2009/2010 will be carried out In 14 voivodships.
- To the VII High School named after J. Słowacki in Warsaw students from the following voivodships can apply:
- mazowiecki
- łódzki
- podlaski
- lubelski
- To the XIV High School named after Polonia Wrocławska in Wrocław students from the following voivodships can applyPresident of Management Board:: Paweł Wojciechowski
- dolnośląski
- opolski
- śląski
- lubuski
- To the I High School named after Bartłomiej Nowodworski In Cracow students from the following voivodships can apply:
- małopolski
- podkarpacki
- świętokrzyski
- To the III High School of Marines in Gdynia students from the following voivodships can apply:
- pomorski
- warmińsko-mazurski
- kujawsko-pomorski
The I & II High School named after Feliks Nowowiejski are an exception and junior high graduates from across the country can apply to the music ‘BGŻ Class’ here.