Two hundred twenty five (225) High School
students bested the 1774 examinees of the 2015 Scholarship Program of the
Department of Science and Technology – Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI)
held last September 21, 2014 in five (5) test centers in the region. Out of the
total number of passers, 179 qualified as scholars under the RA 7687
Scholarship Program, scholarships for gifted students who belong to
economically disadvantaged families; while 46 passed under the DOST-SEI Merit
Scholarship Program.
Almost all municipalities were covered
by the DOST-SEI Scholarship program. There were 21 qualifiers from Davao
Oriental, 28 qualifiers from Davao del Sur, 6 qualifiers from Davao Occidental,
52 qualifiers from Davao del Norte, 33 qualifiers from Compostela Valley
Province, and 85 qualifiers from Davao City.
Currently, the region is managing 312 scholars
enrolled in different Schools, Colleges and Universities (SUCs) in the region.
Incoming scholars, as well as those who are ongoing, are set to receive bigger
stipends and other allowances starting school year 2015-2016.
All DOST-SEI scholars will receive P6,000
monthly stipend (from P5,000) under the Physics/Applied Physics, Geology,
Mining Engineering, Agriculture, and Fisheries courses, while under the other
DOST-SEI priority courses will receive P5,000 monthly stipend (from P4,000);
book allowance of P10,000 per academic year (from P5,000); tuition fee subsidy
of P10,000 (from P8,000); and MS/PE clothing allowance of P1,000 (from
P500).
Secretary Mario G.
Montjeo during his recent visit in the region said that through these
scholarship programs, DOST aims to produce highly qualified scientists,
engineers, and researchers who will be the volcanologists, meteorologists,
geologists, geodetic engineers, computer engineers and scientists, electronics
engineers, molecular biologists, and genomists. (pr)
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