Magbibigay ang gobyerno ng one-time grant ng P30,000 na educational assistance sa mga kolehiyong anak ng Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), ayon kay President Rodrigo Duterte.

“Ang tulong po sa edukasyon sa mga anak niyo nito is a one-time grant of P30,000. The project will be allotted with the amount of P1 billion which will benefit about 33,000 students from OFW families,” lahad ng Pangulo.

Ang iba aniyang detalye tungkol sa atulong pinansyal ay maaaring makalap sa CHED, Department of Labor and Employment, o sa Overseas Workers Welfare Administration. 

Kinumpirma ito ni dating OFW Partylist Rep. at ngayon ay TESDA Deputy Director General Aniceto John Bertiz kasabay ang kaniyang pagpapasalamat kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte dahil sa pagpayag nito na mabigyan ng ayudad ang mga anak ng OFW na nasa koelhiyo na.

“I thank our president for his kind gesture. Truly,  he is a father to all of us,  understanding our struggles in trying to make both ends meet especially during this time of pandemic,” ani Bertiz.

Nitong nakaraang buwan lamang ay inanunsyo ni Pangulong Duterte na ang kaniyang administrasyon ay naglaan ng P1 bilyon upang maitulong o subsidiya sa mga anak ng OFW na nawalan ng trabaho o nasawi dahil sa corona virus.

Sa ilalim ng Unified Assistance System for Tertiary Education, ang programa ay inilatag ng Commission on Higher Education at ng Department of Labor and Employment maging ng Overseas Workers Welfare Administration.

“TESDA is also offering scholarship program for repatriated OFWs and their dependents.  To date, it is also providing 71 skills training courses online and free of charge to everyone, including OFWs.”

Ang paunang hakbang lamang na dapat gawin ng mga dependents ng OFWs ay magtungo o pumunta sa OFW desk sa mga international airports o kaya sa OFW Malasakit Desk sa lahat ng TESDA regional, provincial, at district offices at training schools para sa mga programa nito.

Sa kaniyang pahayag ay sinabi ni Pangulong Duterte na ang subsidiya ay ipagkakaloob sa mga kuwalipikadong benepisyaryo na naka-enroll na o kasalukuyang nasa proseso ng enrollment sa mga unibersidad pribado man o state universities. 

Project EASE

Samantalang, mayroong bagong educational assistance ang Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) para sa mga qualified children of its member-OFWs affected by the Covid-19 pandemic through its Project EASE.

Naritio ang kabuuang detalye kung paano mag-apply sa nasabing ayuda:

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) launched its latest educational assistance offering to qualified children of its member-Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) affected by the Covid-19 pandemic through its Project EASE.

Project EASE or the Educational Assistance through Scholarship in Emergencies aims to provide educational assistance to qualified college-level dependents of active OWWA member-OFWs whose employment were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The project aims to provide educational assistance of PHP10,000.00 per annum for a maximum of 4 years to a qualified dependent of an OWWA member-OFW with active membership status at the time of their repatriation to the country from the declaration of the outbreak on 01 February 2020.

The OWWA Board of Trustees, chaired by Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III, has allocated a total of P400 million for the first year of implementation of the project sourced from the OWWA fund.

“True to its mandate of providing holistic programs and services to the OFWs and their families, the OWWA board has set aside funds to support the education of college-level dependents of active OWWA member-OFWs”, Bello said.

“As the project title suggests, we intend to ease the impact of the pandemic on the lives of our dear OFWs”, he added.

Interested OWWA-member OFWs may apply online through http://ease.owwa.gov.ph or contact OWWA Regional Offices for more details. /END

Below are the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Project-EASE and how to avail OWWA's new educational assistance offering: