By Gideon C. Corgue
PAGADIAN CITY - The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS)-Pagadian branch has moved to June 30 the deadline for submission of applications for its scholarship program.
Branch head Leoncito Manuel on Monday said the deadline, which was originally scheduled on May 26, was extended to June 30 upon the request of its members.
Manuel has noticed also that there were only few member-applicants who submitted their application forms at their office.
“The agency needs to meet the required 200 scholarship slots nationwide, thus the central office moved the deadline to the last day this month,” Manuel explained.
For Zamboanga Peninsula, Manuel said there were 30 member-applicants who submitted their applications at their office. “From among the applicants, only seven will be chosen by the selection and evaluation committee,” Manuel stressed.
Manuel said the number of slots per region shall be proportionate to its existing membership coverage and that the slots designated for each region shall be filled up by scholars whose parents are assigned in that particular region.
As part of the agency’s corporate social responsibility, Manuel said the GSIS is giving the scholarship program every year to provide educational opportunities for children of all active and regular members of GSIS who are permanent employees with at least three years and with salary grade of 24 or below at the time of application, and with premium payments for the last six months.
Manuel said under the program, member-applicants should have incoming college freshmen dependents who are accepted in any 4-or-5-year college course or in priority courses identified by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in a Higher Education Institution (HEI) with its own charter or a school qualified by the CHED as Levels IV and III, autonomous or deregulated.
The scholar shall be entitled to the following benefits during the 4-or-5-year course duration: Actual cost of tuition and miscellaneous fees not to exceed P20,000 per term, and a monthly stipend of P2,000.00, the scholarship guidelines it said.
Manuel said nominees shall be notified through phone, e-mail and or text message of the result of evaluation. The list of chosen scholars shall be posted in the GSIS website and be published in a local dailies.
The GSIS chief encouraged eligible members to grab the seldom opportunity by accessing the website: www.gsis.gov.ph to download application forms and submit the same to nearest GSIS office.
