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Friday, April 26, 2013

GSIS extends deadline for GSP applications to May 31

 By Alma L. Tingcang

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)