Republic of the Philippines

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Constitution Hills, Quezon City

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
RECEIVED

12 JuL 2018

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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS RY:

First Regular Session
RECISTRATION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1447

Introduced by Representative Salvador B. Belaro, Jr.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Act seeks to establish a government body that shall ensure that all
available scholarships are timely and properly granted, as well as to generate
more scholarships, to best serve the purpose of developing the country’s human
resources.

The creation of such body, among others, will prevent the phenomenon
of having unutilized scholarships which at the Commission on Higher
Education alone reportedly has already reached hundreds of millions of pesos.

These scholarships are scattered under different government and private
agencies, and even those provided by international organizations and partner
academic institution abroad.

The timely availment and the generation of more scholarships via the
establishment of the proposed National Center for Scholarships will ensure that
these scholarships are properly monitored, advertised and systematically
allocated to those who are qualified and are in need. That way, access to quality



education, which is enshrined in the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of
having Education for All (EFA) will be best approximated, if not realized.

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ATTY. SALVADOR B. BELARO JR.
Representative
1-Ang Edukasyon Party List


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Constitution Hills, Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House BILL No, 1447

Introduced by Representative Salvador B. Belaro 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 2016.”

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 of recipients or 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 or
amended accordingly.

SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved.