Deadline for GSIS scholarship program set

MANILA, Philippines - Members of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) have until May 31 to file their applications for the state pension fund’s college scholarship program for their children this coming school year, a GSIS official said yesterday.

GSIS president and general manager Robert Vergara said they extended the deadline to give more time to qualified GSIS members to prepare the requirements in applying for the program.

The GSIS College Scholarship Program aims to help GSIS members, especially those with the lowest annual basic salary in the government pay scale, to send their children to colleges and universities that provide quality education.

Under the GSP guidelines, children of GSIS members may be enrolled in the program if they are accepted as incoming college freshmen for academic year 2013-2014 in schools accredited by the Commission on Higher Education.

The list of schools can be viewed at GSIS website, www.gsis.gov.ph.

 Active and regular GSIS members with a salary grade of 24 or below, or its equivalent job level, are qualified to join the program if they have at least three years of government service and up-to-date premium payments for the last six months.

Application forms are available at any GSIS branch office or downloadable from the GSIS website.

Members are required to submit the following documents: certificate of employment and a certification from the school that the scholar-designee has passed the entrance examination/screening/evaluation and qualified to enroll as college freshman for academic year 2013-2014.

Those who have questions about the scholarship program may contact the GSIS Human Resource Administration Department at 479-3600 (local 3414) or 976-4970.