TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in the region will be offering a scholarship program for incoming third-year college students who are taking priority courses.
DOST-8 center manager of the Science and Technology Human Resource Development Promotion and Information Center, and regional scholarship technical coordinator Ramil Uy said that they are offering the Junior Level Science Scholarship (JLSS) Program to undergraduate students.
JLSS aims to provide scholarships to qualified students taking science and technology courses and in the process, help address the inadequate supply of science and technology students.
Uy said that application for the JLSS scholarship grant had already started with July 28 as the last day of submission of application.
Interested applicants may visit E-Scholarships Application System – JLSS for further information and for requirements in filling for the scholarship grant.
E-Scholarships Application System – JLSS
The scholarship grant is available to regular second-year college students with a general average of at least 83 percent and has no failing grade from first year up to first semester of the second year.
“We already conducted orientation with our scholarship coordinators in universities on how they can assist our applicants in applying for the program,” Uy said.
Among the courses that are allowed to apply for the program are those enrolled under sciences, mathematics, engineering, agriculture, forestry, fishery, veterinary medicine, health and medicine-related courses, food-related courses, environmental science, food technology, fine arts and architecture, astronomy, marine biology, among others.
Successful applicants who will be part of the scholarship grant will be entitled to receive tuition and other school fee, learning materials and connectivity allowances, stipend, transportation allowance, thesis allowance, and graduation allowance.
(ROEL T. AMAZONA)
