Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE 0F REPRESENTATIVES
-duezbn city, Metin Manila
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
Houserdiro;    4991
Introduced by Representative Gabriel H. Bordado, Jr.
EXPIANATORY NOTE
According   to   the   Commission   on    Higher   Education   (CHED),    unutilized
scholarships  cost  the  country  hundreds  of  millions  of  pesos.  These  unused  and
unutilized   scholarships   are   scattered   among   different   government   and   private
organizations]  as well  as international  bodies and academic institutions abroad.  The
unuti[ized  scholarships  not  only  mean  financial  losses  to  the  country  but  missed
opportunities for deserving and hardworking Filipino students as well.
The creation  of the  proposed  National  Center for scholarships,  which  would
ensure that these scholarships are property monitored, advertised, and systematically
allocated,  would  lessen  such  losses and would  guarantee the timely availment and
generation of more scholarships.
This Act, which  had  been  previously filed  by  Rep.  Salvador Belaro during the
17  th  Congress,  seeks  to  establish  a  government  body  that  shall  ensure  that  all
available   scholarships   would   be   timely   and   properly   granted   and   that   more
scholarships would  be generated  to serve the  purpose  of developing the  quality  of
education available to Filipinos.
ABRIEL H
3rd Distriet, CAMARINES SuR


Republic of the Philippines
HousE oF REPREENTATTvlrs
Quezon City, Metro Manila
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
House~iiii`rio.     4991
Introduced by Representative Gabriel H. Bordado, Jr.
AN ACT CREATING THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARSHIPS
Be  it enacted  by the  Senate and the  House of Representatives  of the
Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION   1.   Short  Title.   This  Act  shall   be   known   as  the  "National   Center  for
Scholarships Act of 2022"
SEC.  2.  Consistent  with  the  state  policy  to  democratize  access  to  education,  all
academic and training scholarships which are government-funded,  or even  privately
funded  but  coursed  through  the  government,  must  be  forwarded,  monitored,  and
implemented  under  a  National  Center  for  Scholarship  which  shall  ensure  that  all
available scholarships are made known and  made accessible to the widest possible
and most qualified recipients,
SEC. 3.  It shall be the responsibility of the National Center for Scholarship to publish
online  and  in  newspapers  of general  circulation  at  least  sixty  (60)  days  before  the
actual  selection  Qf  recipients  Qr  grantees  who  will  enjoy  the  available  scholarship
grants,  including any form  of government funded training  and  scholarship vouchers,
contemplated under this Act.
SEC.4. The National Center for Scholarships shall also be the primary authority for the
implementation   and   generation   of  scholarships   here   and   abroad   and   shall   be
established as a government body attached to the Office of the President.
SEC.  5.  The  Department  of  Education  (DepEd),  Commission  on  Higher  Education
(CHED), and the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) shall
for jointly formulate and issue rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out
the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 6. The funds necessary to carry out the provision of this Act shall be included in
the  General  Appropriation  Act  of  the  year  following  its  enactment  into  law  and
thereafter.


SEC. 7. All laws, orders, issuances rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent
with any provisions Of this Act are hereby repealed, modified Qr amended accordingly.
SEC. 8. This Act shall  take  effect fifteen  (15)  days from  complete  publication  in  the
Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general ciroulation.
Approved.