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01 April 01, 2019 │ For Press Release: April 01, 2019

DOST-SEI releases 2019 Scholarship Results,

announces 633 WV qualifiers
ILOILO CITY – Out of 9,852 qualifiers nationwide, a total of 633 senior high school students from Western Visayas
qualified for the Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute’s (DOST-SEI) 2019 RA 7687 also
known as the “Science and Technology Scholarship Act of 1994” and Merit Scholarship Program formerly known as
the NSDB or NSTA Scholarship under RA No. 2067, administered last October 21, 2018 nationwide, there having 464
passers for the former and 169 for the latter.

DOST is devoted to accelerating the development of science and technology for socio-economic development. The
Science and Technology (S&T) Scholarship Program is available for both undergraduate and graduate level
scholarships, to those who meet the minimum grade requirement and those qualified by the S&T Scholarship
Examination. DOST offers three undergraduate scholarship programs– RA 7687 Scholarship, DOST-SEI Merit
Scholarship Program and the RA 10612, known as Junior Level Science Scholarship.

RA 7687 Scholarship (RA 7687) provides scholarship slots to poor but deserving students whose families’ annual
gross incomes do not exceed the poverty threshold limit. The other scholarship referred to as DOST-SEI Merit
Scholarship Program is awarded to students with high aptitude in science and mathematics and are willing to pursue
careers in the fields of science and technology. On the other hand, RA 10612 or Junior Level Science Scholarship is
offered to third year college students who are enrolled in S&T Priority courses at any State Universities and Colleges
(SUC), other private universities or colleges that are with CHED compliant programs, CHED identified Centers of
Excellence (COE) or Centers of Development (COD) for the priority S&T courses and Institutions with FAAP Level III
Accreditation.

The said qualifiers shall enjoy financial benefits which include tuition subsidy, monthly stipend, book allowance, and
others.

The implementation of these scholarships supports its primary goal of increasing the number of scientists and
engineers that will help boost knowledge creation and economic productivity in the country. The execution of the K to
12 law is supported by creating a pool of scholar-graduates that can competently teach science, technology,
engineering and mathematics (STEM) in the basic education level.

S&T scholars will be required to render service to the country upon graduation for a period equivalent to the number of
years they availed of the said scholarship. Likewise, the RA 7687 and Merit scholars are expected to work along their
fields of specialization while those under RA 10612 shall serve as STEM teachers in any public or private high school
in the country.

The list of 2019 DOST Scholarship Examination Region VI passers can be viewed at DOST Region VI Facebook
page. Meanwhile, the full list of passers can be accessed through DOST-SEI website:
http://www.sei.dost.gov.ph/images/downloads/2019DOSTSEIQualifiers.pdf?
fbclid=IwAR3FIAxzqTPnOpTM1TJM5l5-Dx_OPq-aZ6avQLefwEJLST1maucnUqs4fTw .
(DOST6/JRAGabiota)
Some aspiring senior high school students take the Department of Science and Technology-Science Education
Institute’s (DOST-SEI) 2019 RA 7687 and Merit Scholarship examinations at Philippine Science Hogh School-
western Visayas Campus. (Photo: DOST6/TBGabinera)

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