The Students’ Maintenance Grants Board was established through Legal Notice 165 of 1999 which was amended by Legal Notice 372 of 2005.

The terms of reference of the Board are found in the legal notices mentioned and amongst others include the administration of Maintenance Grants to students commonly known as Stipends.

This task includes:

Registration of new students in the post-secondary or tertiary systems and verification of necessary documents to ascertain the eligibility of students’ entitlement for Maintenance Grants;

Instructions to the Treasury Department to ensure stipends to students on a four (4) weekly basis as specified in the legal notice;

Making sure that deductions of Maintenance Grants are applied to post-secondary level students due to absenteeism without valid reasons in accordance with the legal notice;

Sustaining financial needs of the system through budgets and revised estimates for the Department of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports;

Processing of applications by students for Supplementary Grants;

Holding continuous contact and monitoring of all activities by the contractor who operates, for and on behalf of the Students’ Maintenance Grants Board, the Swipe Card System which forms an integral part of the stipends;

Processing applications from retailers who show an expression of interest to join the Swipe Card System for students;

Ascertaining as far as possible that retailers do not abuse the system by selling unauthorised items and take the necessary action in case of neglect;

Detail “Shop-Inspectors” to visit retail outlets that are allegedly abusing;

Providing for the production of new swipe cards through our contractor for students who are new-comers to the system;

Ensures that the Students’ Maintenance Grants web-site www.smgbonline.com is regularly updated;

Assures smooth administration in the various institutions where students are eligible for Maintenance Grants, that is: the University of Malta, the Junior College, the Malta College of Arts Science and Technology, the Institute of Health Care, the Higher Secondary School Giovanni Curmi, the Higher Secondary School Giovanni Refalo (Gozo), St. Aloysius College 6th Form and De La Salle College 6th Form;

Managing funds for the students who are awarded scholarships by the Malta Government as authorised by the Malta Government Scholarship Scheme Selection Board for post-secondary students.

The Students’ Maintenance Grants Board is responsible for the payment of stipends to students following apprenticeship schemes, that is:
Technician Apprenticeship Scheme (TAS) and Extended Skills Training Scheme (ESTS).

The Students’ Maintenance Grants Board also issues swipe cards for the students attending the Institute of Tourism Studies (ITS).

University of Malta Students’ Summer Work experience is also organised by the Students’ Maintenance Grants Board.

SMBG Website

Il-Bord ghall-ghotjiet ta’ Manteniment lill-Istudenti twaqqaf permezz ta’ Avviz Legali 165 ta’ 1999 li kien abrogat b’A.L. 372 ta’ 2005

It-termini ta’ riferenza tal-Bord jinstabu fl-istess Avviz Legali u fost l-ohrajn jinkludu l-amministrazzjoni ta’ l-Ghotjiet ta’ Manteniment lill-Istudenti komunement maghrufa bhala Stipendju.

Dan ix-xoghol jinkludi:

Registrazzjoni minn studenti li jkunu qed jidhlu ghall-ewwel darba fis-sistema Post Sekondarju jew Terzjarju u verifika tad-dokumenti mehtiega biex ikun accertat li l-istudent/a jkun intitolat ghall-Ghotja;

Struzzjonijiet lid-Dipartiment tat-Tezor biex johrog il-hlasijiet lill-istudenti kull erba’ gimghat, f’ammonti kif specifikati fl-Avviz Legali;

Jassigura li jsir it-tnaqqis mill-ghotjiet ta’ l-istudenti fil-livell Post Sekondarju li jassentu ruhhom mil-lezzjonijiet minghajr gustifikazzjoni, skond kif provdut fl-A.L,

Jipprovdi bagits regolari lid-Dipartiment dwar il-htigijiet finanzjarji biex tkun sostnuta s-sistema;

Jezamina individwalment it-talbiet kollha ghal Ghotjiet Supplementari u jiddeciedi dwarhom;

Izomm kuntatt kontinwu u jaghmel monitoragg tal-hidma tal-kuntrattur li ghan-nom tieghu jhaddem is-sistema tal-Cards ta’ l-istudenti li huma parti integrali mill-Ghotja ta’ Manteniment;

Jipprocessa applikazzjonijiet minn hwienet li jkunu jixtiequ jibdew jaccettaw il-card ta’ l-istudenti;

Jara li safejn hu possibbli dawn is-sidien tal-hwienet ma jabbuzawx mis-sistema billi jbieghu affarijiet mhux awtorizzati u f’kaz ta’ nuqqas jiehu l-passi mehtiega kontra taghhom;

Jiddettalja lill-ispetturi tal-hwienet biex jaghmlu vizti fi hwienet li dwarhom ikun hemm allegazzjonijiet ta’ abbuz;

Jipprovdi ghall-produzzjoni ta’ cards godda, permezz tal-kuntrattur, ta’ l-istudenti li jkunu se jidhlu fis-sistema ghall-ewwel darba;

Jara li s-sit elettroniku www.smgbonline.com ikun aggornat regolarment;

Jassigura t-tmexxija bla tfixkil tas-sistema fid-diversi istituzzjonijiet fejn jattendu studenti li jircievu l-Ghotja ta’ Manteniment jigifieri: l-Universita, il-Junior College, l-MCAST, l-Institute of Health Care, Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary School, Giovanni Refalo Higher Secondary School (Gozo), St. Aloysius College 6th Form, De La Salle College 6th Form;

Jamministra l-flus lill-istudenti li jirbhu scholarships minghand il-Gvern, kif awtorizzati mill-Malta Government Scholarship Scheme Selection Board ghal sudenti Post Sekondarji;

Jamministra l-hlasijiet lill-istudenti fl-iskemi ta’ l-Apprendistat TAS u ESTS;

Johrog cards ghall-istudenti li jattendu l-ITS ;

Jorganizza l-esperjenza ta’ xoghol ghas-sajf ghall-isudenti universitarji.

SMBG Website