LINGAYEN, Pangasinan—Some 100 poor but deserving incoming college students, who will top the qualifying examination on May 12, will receive financial assistance for the academic year under the Provincial Scholarship Program (PSP).
Chief Administrative Officer Irmina Francisco, PSP management, evaluation and excellence committee chairperson in an interview Thursday, said PSP has been stopped for two years due to the implementation of senior high school under the K-12 curriculum of the Department of Education (DepEd), thus there were no incoming college freshmen students for the last two years.
On May 12, about 2,486 incoming first year college students will simultaneously take the exam in Pangasinan National High School in Lingayen (for districts 1-3) and Juan G. Macaraeg National High School in Binalonan (for districts 4-6 except for Dagupan City, which is a chartered city).
She said that the examinees are senior high school graduates with a general weighted average of 85 percent, or its equivalent, and high school graduates of academic year 2015-2016 who are enrolled in the college/university bridging program.
She further said that for the academic year 2018-2019, additional 30 slots have been allotted for automatic qualifiers “who are valedictorians or its equivalent of senior high schools that are recognized by the DepEd”.
“But, automatic qualifiers still need to personally apply, and must belong to a family with an annual combined income of parents/guardians of not more than PHP150,000”, Francisco said.
She said the scholars of the provincial government will each receive PHP8,000 every semester, or PHP16,000 for an academic year. (PNA)
