MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATED) The Department of Science and Technology - Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) released the full results of October 2018 DOST Scholarship exam for academic year AY 2019-2020 on Sunday, March 31, 2019 or more than five (5) months after the exam. The complete list of passers is available here as officially announced online.
The national qualifying examinations for DOST-SEI’s two undergraduate scholarship programs, namely, the Republic Act 7687 or the Science and Technology Scholarship Act of 1994, and the Merit Scholarship Program were administered on Sunday, October 21, 2018 in various testing centers nationwide.
RELATED RESULTS
As announced, 9,852 out of 73,712 (13.37%) graduating high school students clinched a slot in the country’s premier science scholarship programs.
This year’s qualifiers breached the 8,994 mark of last year’s passers, up by 10 percent, a record for the scholarship program which started in 1958.
Out of the total number of passers, 5,819 qualified as scholars under the RA 7687 Scholarship Program, scholarships for academically talented students who belong to economically disadvantaged families; while 4, 033 top ranking examinees passed under the DOST-SEI Merit Scholarship Program.
2019 DOST-SEI UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP
The DOST scholarship program is open to graduating students of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) strand and non–STEM students who belong to the upper top five percent of the graduating class who wish to pursue a college degree on Basic and Applied Sciences, Engineering, Science and Mathematics Teaching.
DOST undergraduate scholars will benefit from the following:
DOST-SEI scholars are required to render service in the country preferably along their fields of specialization after graduation for a period equivalent to the number of years they enjoyed the scholarship as a return service. SEI maintains its resolve that this strategy allows the country’s industries to have “the best minds” to do their services and products.
— The Summit Express
The national qualifying examinations for DOST-SEI’s two undergraduate scholarship programs, namely, the Republic Act 7687 or the Science and Technology Scholarship Act of 1994, and the Merit Scholarship Program were administered on Sunday, October 21, 2018 in various testing centers nationwide.
RELATED RESULTS
- LIST OF PASSERS: UPCAT Results 2019 release online
- LIST OF PASSERS: PUPCET Results AY 2019-2020 release online
- LIST OF PASSERS: OWWA Scholarship Exam Results for AY 2019-2020
As announced, 9,852 out of 73,712 (13.37%) graduating high school students clinched a slot in the country’s premier science scholarship programs.
This year’s qualifiers breached the 8,994 mark of last year’s passers, up by 10 percent, a record for the scholarship program which started in 1958.
Out of the total number of passers, 5,819 qualified as scholars under the RA 7687 Scholarship Program, scholarships for academically talented students who belong to economically disadvantaged families; while 4, 033 top ranking examinees passed under the DOST-SEI Merit Scholarship Program.
2019 DOST-SEI UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP
The DOST scholarship program is open to graduating students of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) strand and non–STEM students who belong to the upper top five percent of the graduating class who wish to pursue a college degree on Basic and Applied Sciences, Engineering, Science and Mathematics Teaching.
DOST undergraduate scholars will benefit from the following:
- increased monthly stipend of P7,000 per month
- P40,000 per year tuition and other school fees subsidy
- P10,000 per year book allowance
- one-time P1,000 uniform allowance
- one-time P1,000 graduation clothing allowance
- one economy-class roundtrip fare per year for those studying outside of their home province
- group health and accident insurance
DOST-SEI scholars are required to render service in the country preferably along their fields of specialization after graduation for a period equivalent to the number of years they enjoyed the scholarship as a return service. SEI maintains its resolve that this strategy allows the country’s industries to have “the best minds” to do their services and products.
— The Summit Express
