Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Regional Welfare Office I (OWWA RWOI) has opened 12 slots for dependents of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) and still accepting applications for their Overseas Filipino Workers Dependent Scholarship Program (OFWDSP). The OFWDSP offers financial assistance to qualified dependents of active OWWA member OFWs who have a monthly salary of not more than US$400 as per valid work contract, according to OWWA-RWO1 Labor Communications Officer Amapola Z. Villar.
Married or unmarried OFWs’ children and/or siblings who are not more than 21 years old, single, high school graduate/about to graduate in high school and an incoming college freshman for the school year 2012-2013 can submit their application for the said education assistance at OWWA RWOI, Villar said.
Interested applicants are required to submit two passport size photos, proof of relationship to the OFW like birth certificate, latest OWWA membership payment receipt of the OFW, form 137 or the certified true copy of grades, certificate of good moral character, medical certificate, and an official transcript of records for graduate students.
Applicants who are dependents of unmarried or single OFWs must submit a copy of the OFW’s certificate of no marriage coming from the National Statistics Office or from the local civil registrar’s office, Villar added.
No qualifying exam is needed to avail of the program as long as the applicant passes the entrance exam of the receiving school.
Once the complete documentary requirements are submitted and evaluated, eligible applicants can enroll in any four to five-year baccalaureate course or associate degree in a state college or university of their choice within Region 1 only.
Villar encouraged applicants to submit their applications on or before June 30, 2012 at OWWA RWOI located at the Ground Floor of Zambrano Building, City of San Fernando, La Union. (ANL/MPA-PIA1 La Union)
SOURCE : PHILIPPINE INFORMATION AGENCY
