PPSTA Merit Scholarship Program

The Educational Assistance Program of PPSTA is designed for the members to help augment their financial needs on education towards achieving professional advancement. There are two types of education assistance, the Summer Educational Assistance Program and Full Educational Assistance Program.  PPSTA grants P5,000.00 for each summer grantee and P15,000.00 for every full grantee.

PPSTA gives educational assistance based on the number of PPSTA members within an accredited local chapter.  If a chapter has 500 members, PPSTA can grant one (1) summer educational assistance to a member within the chapter while PPSTA can grant one (1) full educational assistance to a member within the local chapter if it has at least 2,500 members.  For 2014-2015, PPSTA will be giving 256 Summer Educational Assistance and 51 Full Educational Assistance to qualified members.

POLICY AND CRITERIA FOR QUALIFICATION

1. Grantee should be a PPSTA member of good standing for at least one (1) year for summer educational assistance and three (3) years membership for full educational assistance.

2. Grantee should remain a member of PPSTA for five years after availing of the educational assistance.

3. The Educational Assistance Committee shall determine the allocation for each region based on the active rolls of membership under the local, direct and IBM payroll of teachers-members.  Retired members are not qualified for this educational assistance program.

4. The Chairman of the Committee shall approve and recommend grant of the educational assistance to the General Manager.

REQUIREMENTS

1. For Summer Educational Assistance

a. Application letter and duly filled out Personal Information Sheet
b. Endorsement from the Local Division Chapter President and/or the Regional Chapter President
c. Class card upon enrolment and Registration Form
d. Two (2) valid IDs

2. For Full Educational Assistance

a. Application letter and duly filled out Personal Information Sheet
b. Endorsement from the Regional Chapter President
c. Class card upon enrolment and Registration Form
d. Two (2) valid IDs

The committee is headed by Mr. Dillon “Bong” Arante.  For those wishing to avail the program, you may contact Mr. Arante at (02) 9881413 or at 09175715034.