SCHOLARSHIP OBLIGATIONS

Along with the scholarship privileges, come certain duties and obligations. You must know these scholarship policies by heart.

1. Open an e-account with the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) and submit your account number to DOST-SEI or DOST Regional Office immediately.
   • All financial assistance except for the tuition fees are released to you through your LBP bank e-account.
   • You shall be endorsed to a designated LBP branch to open an e-account.

   For more information about your e-account, read DOST-SEI e-card.

2. You must comply with the grade requirements at all times.

   First Year: An annual weighted average (2 semesters/3 or 4 terms) of 2.75 or better if you are enrolled in the UP System; 2.5 or 85% or better if you are enrolled in another college/university and no failing grade in any academic subject for all semesters/trimesters/quarter terms or summer term.

   Second Year: A semestral weighted average of 2.75 or better if you are enrolled in the UP System; 2.5 or 85% or better if you are enrolled in another college/university and no failing grade in any academic subject for the semester/trimester/quarter term or summer term.

   Third, Fourth & Fifth Years: Passing grades in all academic subjects provided that you take the regular load and complete the course within its prescribed period. (The National Technical and Selection Committee (NTSC) may recommend the continuation of the scholarship grant on a case to case basis for a graduating scholar or a scholar who fails to meet the grade requirement but in good academic standing during the preceding years of his/her scholarship.)

   For your guidance, please refer to the action taken should you incur any of the following academic deficiencies:

   Grade Deficiency	Action on Scholarship
   First Year (Annual Evaluation) 1 grade of 4.0/INC at the end of 2nd sem 1 grade of 5.0 /F GWA below requirement Dropped more than 3 units Grade of 4.0/INC and 1 grade of 5.0 in a sem	. To suspend To terminate To terminate To suspend To terminate
   Second Year (Semestral Evaluation) GWA below requirement by 0.01-0.09 by 0.10-above 1 grade of 4.0/INC 1 grade of 5.0/F Dropped more than 3 units	. . To suspend To terminate To suspend To terminate To suspend
   Third/Fourth Year 1 grade of 4.0/INC 1 grade of 5.0/F Second grade of 5.0/F 2 grades of 5.0 in a sem Dropped more than 3 units	. To continue To suspend To terminate To terminate To suspend
   Graduating Year 2 grades of 4.0/INC Second grade of 5.0/F 2 grades of 5.0/F in a sem	. To suspend To suspend To suspend

   
   
   • In any of the above cases, you may want to appeal for the continuation of your scholarship through a letter where you can cite reason/s why you acquired the academic deficiency/ies. Reconsideration is granted on a case to case basis.
   • You shall be issued a DOST-SEI memorandum regarding the status of your scholarship grant based on the evaluation of your academic performance.
   
   
3. You must enroll in the regular academic load for each semester/term as prescribed in your curriculum/program of study.
   • You can be allowed to drop one 3-unit subject in a semester with the permission of DOST-SEI/DOST Regional Coordinator/University Coordinator.
   • Submit a copy of the official dropping slip duly approved by the proper school authority.
   • If your scholarship is suspended because of an underload, it can be reinstated after you have enrolled and passed a regular academic load in the following semester.
   • If you are underload during a regular semester, you are advised to enroll in summer so you can catch up and enroll in the regular load by the next semester.
   
   
4. You must submit promptly the following required reports:
   • Land Bank e-account number - before the first semester in your first year. (You want to receive your stipends right?!)
   • Periodic Reports
   • 1. Registration Form - at the beginning of the semester/trimester/quarter term
     2. Report of Grades (in all the subjects you enrolled in) - at the end of the semester/trimester/quarter term
     3. Special Reports - include curriculum or program of study; travel/s abroad; summer practical training reports; problems encountered; changes, if any, in field of study, school, home address, civil status, legal guardian; comments which may be relevant to your study; and such reports that may be required from time to time
     4. Yearly Reports - accomplishment report on academic/professional advancement due on or before 30 December every year after graduation for a period equivalent to the number of years you enjoyed the scholarship
   
   

   Graduating With Honors

   A scholar who graduates with honors is awarded the DOST-SEI Academic Excellence Medal during a recognition ceremony dubbed, "In Touch With Excellence" in July.