By
Mary Jane R. Amarado
ZAMBOANGA
CITY - The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA),
Regional Welfare Office No. 9 has officially opened its application for the
Congressional Migrant Workers Scholarship Program (CMWSP) for children of OFWs
who wanted to pursue courses in the field of science and technology.
OWWA-9
Regional Director Hassan Gabra Jumdain said that the CMWSP is another
baccalaureate scholarship program of OWWA wherein a scholar is entitled to
P60,000 worth of scholarship per school year.
For
SY 2014-2015, a total of 101 scholarship slots will be awarded to applicants
who will pass the qualifying examination to be conducted by the Department of
Science and Technology – Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) on Sept. 22,
2013.
To
qualify, an applicant should be a child of an OFW below 21 years of age, a
Filipino Citizen, in good health and of good moral character; should not have earned
units in any post-secondary/undergraduate course and should not be a recipient
of any scholarship award.
The
filing and submission of application is from August 15 to 30, 2013. Complete
list of courses applicable for the said scholarship are available at the OWWA
website, just log on to www.owwa.gov.ph.
Interested
applicants may inquire at the OWWA RWO-9 located at the 3rd floor,
Goodwill Center, Mayor Jaldon St., Zamboanga City with telephone number (062)
991-2785. (FPG/MJRA/OWWA9/PIA9/alt)