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OWWA now accepting online scholarship application for AY 2020-2021 in Caraga region

Published Aug 13, 2020 09:33 am

BUTUAN CITY  – The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) – Regional Welfare Office in Caraga is now accepting applicants for its two baccalaureate scholarship programs -- the OFW Dependents Scholarship program (OFW-ODSP) and Education for Development Scholarship Program (EDSP) for A.Y. 2020-2021.

OWWA 13 Labor Communication Officer (LCO) Anne Jane M. Hallasgo told The Manila Bulletin on Wednesday that the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW-ODSP) is a scholarship program that offers P20, 000 financial assistance per academic year to qualified dependents of active OWWA members whose monthly salary is not more than US$ 600. 

The applicant must be an incoming 2nd year to 5th year college student, intending to enroll or is currently enrolled in any 4-5 year baccalaureate degree of his/her choice in any CHED accredited state college or state university, she said. 

The legal dependent must be the child of a married OFW-member, or sibling of a single or childless OFW-member, the OWWA 13 LCO said. 

The EDSP is a scholarship program that offers P60, 000 financial assistance per academic year to qualified dependents of active OWWA members who shall enroll or are currently enrolled in any four-year or five-year baccalaureate course in any college or university, she said. 

The scholar will be entitled to a financial assistance of P30, 000 per semester to be paid directly to the school. 

If the tuition fee is more than the financial assistance, the scholar must shoulder the difference; if less, the difference shall be released to the scholar upon the submission of the grades for the semester.

For incoming freshmen, meaning, grade 12 graduating students, they must be single and not be more than 21 years old, with a general weighted average (GWA) of 85 percent or higher for the preceding school years (Grade 11 and Grade 10) and belonging to the top 20 percent of the graduating class. 

They must also belong to the top 400 qualifiers of the OWWA qualifying exam to be administered by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).

Applicants who are already enrolled in the 2nd to 5th year must be single, not more than 30 years old to qualify, with a grade not lower than B or 85 percent in all academic and non-academic subjects from the previous school years. 

“The acceptance of the application starts this August, 2020, and the deadline of submission will be on August 30, 2020 or until slots are available, but not later than September 15, 2020,” Ms. Hallasgo added. 

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