Scholarship ng 424 estudyante, nanganganib mawala

ni Ronalyn Seminiano Reonico | August 13, 2020

Nagbabala ang Commission on Higher Education (CHED) sa 424 estudyante dahil maaaring mawala na umano ang scholarship ng mga ito dahil sa isinusulong na “pass all” policy o ang awtomatikong pagpasa sa grado ng mga mag-aaral dahil sa epekto ng COVID-19.

Saad ni CHED chairman Prospero De Vera III, "The problem was caused by higher education institutions (HEIs) who did a 'pass all' policy in their 2nd semester.

"I made it very clear in CHED announcements that while the grading system of HEIs are determined and exercised by individual HEIs in the exercise of their academic freedom, any decision to adopt a 'pass all' policy must ensure that the interests of individual students are not compromised.

“CHED has already warned HEIs last June that students who are on merit scholarship and need numeric grades will be severely affected by HEIs that do this."

Ayon sa CHED, ang mga estudyanteng benepisaryo ng CHED Merit Scholarship Program (CMSP), ay kinakailangang magkaroon ng general weighted average (GWA) na hindi bababa sa 85 percent upang maging full scholar at 80% naman sa mga half scholar.

Saad ni De Vere, "If the HEIs will not give them numeric grades, what will be the basis to determine if the students will get financial assistance from the government?”

Ayon sa ulat, mayroong 17 HEIs na mayroong CHED merit scholars ang nagsagawa ng "pass all" policy. Ito diumano ay ang Saint Mary’s University, Bataan Heroes Memorial College, De La Salle University – Dasmariñas, STI College Rosario, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Cavite State University, Mary Help of Christians College-Salesians Sisters Inc., Ateneo de Naga University, Partido College, Pili Capital College, Inc., Bicol State College of Applied Sciences and Technology, University of the Philippines-Visayas, Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology, Mindanao State University- Naawan, Polytechnic University of the Philippines - Sta. Mesa, Manila, University of Baguio, at Mindanao State University – Marawi.

Ani De Vera, “CHED has given these HEIs until Oct. 30, 2020 to provide the numerical grades so that our CHED Regional Offices (CHEDROs) can properly evaluate the GWA of the scholars and determine their eligibility to continue.”