Press Release

February 14, 2017

Applications for CHED Scholarship Program for AY 2017-2018 Open

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is now accepting applications for
scholarships under the State Scholarship Program (Full Scholarship and Partial
Scholarship) and Private Education Student Financial Assistance (PESFA) for the
coming academic year (AY) 2017-2018.

Scholarship is a modality of financial support given to qualified students based on merit

or talent. It is different from Grants-in-Aid and Student Loan which are also offered by
CHED as part of its regular Student Financial Assistance Programs (StuFAPs).

Under the Scholarship Program, applicants may be qualified as a full scholar, partial
scholar, or PESFA scholar. To be accepted under the program, the applicant should
either be a 1) high school graduate; 2) candidate for graduation; 3) earned units in
college; or 4) passer of Alternative Learning System or Philippine Educational
Placement Test.

Full scholars will receive financial assistance worth PhP30,000 while partial scholars are
set to receive PhP15,000 per academic year. On the other hand, PESFA scholars will
receive PhP15,000.

Since the program is merit-based, CHED will consider the academic performance of the
applicant. Aside from this, he or she will have to submit the annual gross income of his
or her parents/guardians.

CHED will accept the applications of incoming freshmen and applicants with earned
units in colleges through its Regional Offices. All applications must be submitted to
CHED. The deadline of submission of requirements is on April 28, 2017.

Last year, a total of 2,368 students qualified under SSP and PESFA. 988 students
qualified as full scholars, 690 were accepted as partial scholars while another 690
became PESFA scholars.

To know more about the State Scholarship Program, visit

http://www.ched.gov.ph/central/page/student-financial-assistance-programs-stufaps or refer to
CHED Memorandum Order No. 13, series of 2014 - Revised Guidelines for the Implementation
of Student Financial Assistance Programs (StuFAPs).