GIIS Resilience Scholarship (GRS)  

Applications are now OPEN till 15 June 2020 

COVID-19  outbreak  is  likely  to  have  a  major  economic  impact  on  all  industries.  With 
business  impacted,  cases  of  job  losses  or  loss  of  income  are  likely  to  rise.  A  timely 
financial  assistance  scheme  has  been  designed  under  the  Global  Indian 
International  School  (“GIIS”)  called  the  Resilience  Scholarship  (GRS  2020),  to  allow 
students studying in any international school in Japan cope with the Covid-19 impact.  

The GIIS Resilience 2020 Scholarship is extended to:   

a) Deserving students with limited means  

b) Students from families impacted by Covid-19 

The  GRS  2020  allows  children  of  Covid-19  affected  families  to  have  a  seamless  & 
uninterrupted education at GIIS.  

It  is  designed  to  assist  deserving  students  from  families  whose  members  may  have 
suffered  substantial  loss  to  their  monthly  income  due  to  Covid-19  resulting  in  a 
financial  setback,  threatening  to  cause  disruptions  to  the  academic  life  of  the 
student.  
 
The loss should be more than 20% of their family monthly income.   

 
GIIS  Resilience  2020  scholarship  is  also  designed  to  support  students  who  are 
deserving  of  this  means  scholarship  for  an  equal  opportunity  through  financial 
assistance. 

GIIS Resilience 2020 Scholarship  

Grade  Fixed Scholarship amount for AY  Fixed Scholarship for AY 21-22  
20-21  

Nursery to   Up to 30%  Up to 30% 

Grade 12      
Or   Or  
   
Up to JPY 415000 (p.a)  Up to JPY 415000 (p.a) 

Scholarship  Amount  will  vary  up  to  a  maximum  of  JPY  415000  p.a  and  will  be  dependent  on 
the parents’ Gross Annual Income* or Gross Monthly income* at the time of application.  
 
 
 
 
CRITERIA TO APPLY 
 
A. The  total  tenure  for  the  GIIS  Resilience  2020  scholarship  is  2  academic  years. 
However  the  scholarship will be initially offered for one academic year and the 
scholarship  for  the  2nd  academic  year will be subject to satisfactory review of 
documents  confirming  compliance  to  the  terms  and  conditions  of  these 
scholarships.  
B. The  scholarship  will  be  applicable  from  1st  July  2020  and  expire  with 
termination of the applicable Academic year.   
C. The  scholarship  will  be  valid  for  all  students  of  Nursery  to  Grade  12,  and 
GMP/IB/IGCSE/CBSE/PYP curriculum. 
D. The  grade-wise  pre  scholarship  Academic  Year  20-21  fees  are  available  at: 
https://tokyo.globalindianschool.org/admissions/fees 
E. The  scholarship  amount  is  calculated  as  a  percentage of the ​course fees only 
and  is  not  applicable  on  one  time  registration  fees  (discounted  registration 
fees), transport/bus fees, uniform and misc fees. 
F. All figures exclude Consumption Tax. 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
ELIGIBILITY  

a. Students,  either  who  are  meritorious  students  OR  whose  immediate 

family  members  may  have  been  impacted  by  a  job  loss  or  loss  of 
income may apply for this scholarship.  
b. Students  should  hold  a  Dependent  Pass  /  Permanent  Residency status / 
Local residents / Japanese Citizenship. 
c. Should have been studying for at least a year in any School in Japan 
d. The  parent  /  family  impacted  by  loss  of  job  or  loss  of  income  should 
have been in Japan during the Covid 19 or prior to 1st Feb 2020.  
e. The  parent  of  the  scholarship  seeking  students  should  be  covered  by 
one of these  
i. who lost their jobs during Covid-19 or after 1st Mar 2020 ​OR  
ii. Have seen at least 20% of their personal income reduced owing to 
Covid-19 or after 1st Mar 2020, ​OR  
iii. have  seen  monthly  gross  family  income  reduce  by  over  20% 
during Covid-19 or after 1st Mar 2020 
f. The  parent  is  not  on  any  other  financial  aid  from either the government 
or their employer or any individual or organization 
g. The  applicant  shall  submit  relevant/valid  documents  to  demonstrate 
that  the  claimed  loss  of  job  or  loss  of  income  has  taken  place  and  that 
too during COVID 19. 
h. The  applicant  parent  shall  satisfactorily  demonstrate  that  their  family 
household income is deserving of the financial assistance.  
i. The scholarship will be offered on a limited basis only. 

 
 

APPLICATION PROCEDURE   

A. Please fill the scholarship application form available ​ ​here 

B. Kindly ensure that the supporting documents are uploaded via the form, 
Kindly  keep  the  scanned  copies  of  the  latest  Mark  sheets  and  Income 
Proof  documents/​Tax  certificate  (Nozei  Shomei  Sho)  ready  to  be 
uploaded to the form as required 
C. Only  applicable  to  new  students​:  -  Upon  receiving  the  notification  of 
scholarship  award,  selected  applicants  are  required  to  fill  up  the 
admission form​. (not applicable if applicant is studying at GIIS) 
D. Last  date for receiving completed applications is ​15 June 2020. ​However​, 
parents  who  may  experience  such  Covid-19  impact  on  their  jobs  or 
income  even  after  the  15th  June  2020,  may  apply  at  that  time  to  avail 
this scholarship.  
E. The  decision  of  scholarship  award  is  made  by  the  GIIS  scholarship 
selection committee and their decision is final. 
F. Incomplete applications will be disqualified. 

 
 
 
TERMS AND CONDITIONS 
 
Following  are  the  Terms  and  Conditions  for  the  GIIS  Resilience  Scholarship  (GRS2020) 
2020: 
A. The GRS2020 is valid for periods during the Covid-19 situation. 
B. The  GRS2020  is  applicable  to  parents  who  were  gainfully  employed  or 
self-employed in Tokyo and Parents on Leave of Absence would not be eligible.  
C. The GRS2020 can be availed for a maximum of 2 children per family. 
D. The GRS2020 will be applicable for  
a. either a maximum of two Academic years (​April ​2020 to Mar 2021) OR 
b. till the point the parent regains employment or  
c. the business of self-employed has resumed or  
d. There is reversal of loss of income, whichever is earlier.  
E. If  the  parent  continues  to  be  without  employment  or  not  self-employed,  then 
the  applicant  student’s  parent  has  to  submit  a  signed  declaration  at  each 
time  of  fees  billing  within  the  initial  5  days  to  confirm  the  status  of  parents’ 
employment  or  unemployment  to  avail  the  benefit.  The  applicant  parent 
availing  the  benefit  of  this  scheme  would  be  liable  to  inform  the  school’s 
finance  department  immediately  once  the  parent  has  reached  an 
employment  or  income  status  that  puts  the  applicant  student  to  be  in  the 
non-eligible category.  
F. Any  misuse  of  these  benefits  derived  due  to  wrongful  misrepresentations 
would be deemed to be violation of scholarship rules.  
G. The  GRS2020  will  be  subject  to  local  tax laws and any taxes applicable shall be 
borne by the applicant parent.  
H. The  GRS2020  is  a  benefit  for  applicants  studying  at  GIIS  campuses  only  and 
cannot  be  converted  to  cash  benefit  or  be  ​transferable  if  the  child  changes 
school. 
I. The  GRS2020  ​amount  will  be  refunded  to  the  applicable  at  the  end  of  each 
term.  
J. The  ​GRS2020  will  be  awarded  at  the  sole  discretion  of  the  GIIS  Scholarship 
Management  Committee.  In  the  event  of  any  dispute,  the  decision  of  the 
committee will be final and binding. 
K. Once  Approved,  the  GRS2020  assistance  would  be  effective  from  1st  July  2020 
or  from  the  last  day  of  termination  or  job  loss  or  loss  of  income,  whichever  is 
later. This allows parents who may experience such Covid-19 impact even after 
the 15th June 2020.  
L. Any  parent  who  has  already  resigned  prior  to  Covid-19  and  or  are  serving 
notice period shall not be eligible for this scheme. 
M. Please  note  that  it  is  ​mandatory  to  produce  supporting  documents  to  apply 
for the scheme. 
N. * Figures exclude Consumption Tax.