Guidelines on the Grant of 5,000 Cash Assistance to qualified Public or Private Basic Education Students

Guidelines on the Grant  of 5,000 Cash Assistance to qualified Public or Private Basic Education Students

A student may qualify for either a subsidy or allowance and not both.The amount to be granted for an approved applicant shall be Php 5,OOO or the actual amount of the unpaid tuition fee, whichever is lower; or Php 3,OOO for allowance per student.

Eligibtlity. 

 To qualify, a student must satisfy all the following requirements: 

A.  Student must be enrolled in a DepEd authorized private or public basic education school. In case of public basic education students, those enrolled in DepEd's identified LastMile Schools shall be prioritized.

B. Student must belong to a family which is now facing financial difficulties brought about by work stoppage and closure of establishments due to the CQ. 

C. Student must belong to a family which is not part of the Listahanan of the DSWD' 

D. Student must not be covered by or a present beneficiary of the ESC Program and the SHS VP of DepEd, as provided in RANos. 8545, and 10533, respectively. 

E. Student must belong to a low-income household who: Does not live in a gated condominium, community,and subdivision; or that the student is iiving in agated condominium, community, or subdivision which may be considered as a resettlement area, or socialized housing community as defined under RA No. 7279, otherwise known as the "Urban Development and Housing Act of 19921'3. 1.5.2does not have a four-whee1 vehicle, or that the student has a four-wheel vehicle which is considered a Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) granted with franchise by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB); arrd3.2 Documentary Requirements3.2.does not have a family member working in government (national or local) under an employment contract, whether occupying a plantilla position or under a service contract.

Application Procedures 

Applications of public school students with complete documentary requirements shall be submitted to public basic education school. Public basic education school shall submit to the SDO concerned. Applications of private school students with complete documentary requirements shall be submitted to PEAC NS online 

Qualified private basic education students who do not have access to the internet may visit and submit the documents to the concerned PEAC NS or private schools, subject to the observance of minimum public health standards. 

Qualified private basic education students shall obtain the One-Time Pin (OTP) that shall serve as reference in monitoring the status of the application. 

Applications shall be evaluated by the concerned SDO or PEAC NS within seven (7) working days from receipt thereof.  

For purposes of validating applications, DepEd shall provide PEAC access to the Learner Information System (LIS) subject to the provisions of RA No. 1O173 (Data Privacy Act of2Ol2) and its IRR.To ensure equitable distribution of limited funds,each SDO shalt be given an allocation/ slot of seventy-four (74) grantees of allowance. 

 If there are more than 74 qualified grantees, the SDO shall select the first 74 names from the submitted list.If there are less than 74 qualified grantees, the SDO shall submit the remaining slots to DepEd- PMO.DepEd-PMO shall allocate the unutilized slots to SDOs with more than 74 qualified grantee

The following documents shall be issued to the applicant by the SDO or concerned PEAC NS within three (3) working days after the lapse of the evaluation period through electronic mail: 

Qualified students may sign and submit the application for this BBE Program: Provided that,they shall secure the consent of their parents/ guardians.

 For the benefit of the qualified students, their parents or guardians may apply and facilitate the processing of their application for and receipt of allowances. 

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