OWWA’s 2012-2013 scholarships for OFW beneficiaries now open

PIA Press Release
Friday, July 08, 2011

OWWA’s 2012-2013 scholarships for OFW beneficiaries now open

by Miriam P. Aquino

SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, July 8 (PIA) — The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration 1 (OWWA1) has opened the 2012-2013 scholarships to active OWWA member Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) with beneficiaries/dependents currently enrolled or graduates of fourth year high school.

According to OWWA1 labor communication officer Amapola Z. Villar, the Education for Development Scholarship Program (EDSP) offers a four to five year baccalaureate course in any institution accredited by the Commission on Higher Education on the condition that they pass the qualifying exam and should be one among the top 100 passers nationwide.

Another condition, Villar said, aspirants must not have taken any previous vocational courses or college degree.

OFWs who are active OWWA members, either sea-based or land-based, are those that are actively working on-site, on vacation, or those whose contracts have been earlier terminated but membership has not expired.

Part of the scholarship grant is a financial assistance worth Php 30, 000 per semester or Php 60,000 per year, and Php 90,000 per year in trimester schools provided they have complied with the scholarship agreement.

The scholarship grant shall continue until completion of the course regardless of the status of OFW membership, Villar added.

Application forms are available at OWWA Regional Office l, Zambrano Building, City of San Fernando, La Union, or interested applicants may download the forms at www.owwa.gov.ph website.

For inquiries, applicants may search OWWA’s facebook account by typing OWWA Launion or OWWA Region I., or send an email to owwalaunion@yahoo.com and include the subject EDSP application. (ANL/MPA-PIA 1 La Union with reports from OWWA-RO1)

OWWA’s 2012-2013 scholarships for OFW beneficiaries now open

PIA Press Release
Friday, July 08, 2011