LINGAYEN– The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) announced that 63 third year college students here have qualified for the Junior Level Science Scholarship (JLSS) program offered under the DOST’s Science Education Institute (SEI).

Alexa Apostol, science research specialist of DOST-Pangasinan, said 14 qualified under RA 7687 (Science and Technology Undergraduate Scholarship program), three qualified for the Merit program, while 46 passed the RA 10612 (Act expanding the coverage of S&T scholarship).

“Qualifiers under RA 7687 and 10612 will be given subsidy in tuition fee and other school fees, monthly living allowance and book allowance in the last two or three years of their undergraduate studies while passers under the Merit scholarship program will receive the same benefits except for the pro-rated monthly stipend based on the scholar’s family socio-economic status,” Apostol said.

Upon graduation, the S&T scholars in the province will be required to render service in Region 1 for a period equivalent to the number of years of the scholarship.

The RA 7687 and Merit scholars are expected to work along their fields of specialization while those under RA 10612, which supports the K to 12 program, shall serve as Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) teachers in any public or private high school in the country.

All JLSS passers, together with their parent or a legal guardian, are advised to report at the El Jardine Restaurant in Lingayen town 8 a.m.  on January 31 (for the passers coming from the first, second and third congressional districts in the province) and DOST Satellite Office in Urdaneta City on February 1 (for the qualifiers from fourth to sixth districts) for the orientation and signing of scholarship agreement. (PIA-Pangasinan/EMBS)

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