PAGADIAN
CITY - The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS)
announced that the deadline for filing
of application for the GSIS scholarship program
is extended until May 31, 2013.
In a
press statement, GSIS President and General Manager Robert G. Vergara said the
extension of the deadline would give more time to qualified GSIS members to prepare
the requirements in applying for the program.
Engr.
Leoncito S. Manuel, GSIS branch head here said the scholarship grant, dubbed
GSIS College Scholarship Program (GSP), seeks to help GSIS members especially
those with the lowest annual basic salary in the government pay scale, to send
their children to colleges and universities that provide quality education.
Under
the GSP guidelines, children of GSIS members may be nominated to the program if
they are accepted as incoming college freshmen for Academic Year 2013-2014 in
schools accredited by the Commission on Higher Education. The list of schools
can be accessed in the GSIS website at www.gsis.gov.ph.
Active
and regular GSIS members with a salary grade of 24 or below, or its equivalent
job level, are qualified to join the program if they have at least three (3)
years of government service and have up-to-date premium payments for the last
six (6) months.
GSP
application forms are available at any GSIS branch office or downloadable from
the GSIS website. A member’s certificate of employment and a
certification from the school that the scholar-designee has passed the entrance
examination / screening / evaluation and qualified to enroll as college freshman for AY 2013-2014 must accompany
the application forms. (PIA9)