CHED offers more scholarships to Bataeños

Contributed by Jose Mari M. Garcia, PIA-Bataan

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Poor but deserving Bataeños get more chances to finish college as the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) rolls out Student Financial Assistance Programs.

CHED shares four steps to avail of the grants: check the appropriate scholarship program, check if you are qualified, check the priority courses, and follow the duties of a scholar.

The Full Scholarship grants P30,000 and a choice of either private or state university/college to graduating and high school graduates who achieve at least 90 percent in general weighted average (GWA).

The Partial Scholarship offers P15,000 to graduating and high school graduates who notch at least 85 percent in GWA.

Under the Private Education Student Financial Assistance Scholarship, graduating high school students to enroll in private college may get P15,000, provided their GWA reaches at least 85 percent.

The Tulong Dunong program gives P12,000 to graduating and high school graduates with at least passing grades in GWA.

For students with earned units in college and those who passed the Alternative Learning System and Philippine Educational Placement Test, the Tulong Dunong shoulders the college tuition and other fees.

Deserving college students in any year level may avail of the Study Now, Pay Later Plan that gives P15,000.

Applicants must be Filipino, and have a combined annual income of parents not over P300,000; though CHED reviews exceptional cases where income exceeds P300,000.

The priority courses are under Information Technology, Agriculture, Education, Science and Math, Architecture, Maritime, Engineering, Health Sciences, Art and Humanities, Business, and Communication among others.