By DANIEL P. TAPAOAN, JR.

The Duterte Cabinet Spouses Association, Inc. (DU30CSA) will provide a scholarship grant to deserving undergraduate students of the MMSU who are pursuing agricultural or science and technology programs.

DU30CSA President Betty D. Medialdea and MMSU President Shirley C. Agrupis signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for this purpose in 2019. 

In the agreement, the DU30CSA will provide a total of PhP 100,000 financial assistance to every deserving student of the university for one academic year. MMSU will submit to the association up to three qualified nominees for the scholarship after a pre-screening process to be undertaken by its faculty members.

The scholarship is open for third year MMSU students whose parents’ annual gross income does not exceed PhP 250,000. The students must also not have any scholastic delinquency; must be enrolled in at least 15 units at the time of the award of the grant; and, must not have been held liable in any disciplinary action.

Also, the applicant will be interviewed by the DU30CSA, attend to an orientation program, write a short essay on how the scholarship will help him or her, and will make a monthly budget receipt of the scholarship grant.

The scholarship covers the grantees’ expenses on housing (PhP 30,000), food (PhP 40,000), transportation (PhP 20,000), and for books and school supplies (PhP 10,000).

The grant will be for two years, as long as on the second year of implementation, the selected scholars continue to meet the academic and financial qualifications.