DSWD Educational Cash Aid: Qualifications, Benefit Amounts & How To Apply

Guide on DSWD Educational Cash Aid Offer for Indigent Students

DSWD EDUCATIONAL CASH AID – Here is a guide on the qualifications for applying for DSWD Educational Assistance and the amounts you may get.

Some government agencies want to extend help to Filipino students amid the start of a new school year. Truth be told that several families have yet to recover from the financial crisis brought by COVID-19 pandemic. Also, a lot of families are below the poverty line.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is one of the government agencies that offer cash assistance to students. Its target recipients are indigent elementary, high school, and college students. Applications were initially set in person at any branch and satellite office of the government agency before online applications are being considered.

Thousands of parents and students lined up in different DSWD offices and satellite branches to apply for the DSWD Educational Cash Aid. The budget was set at P500 million.

The government agency set eligibility requirements for applying for educational assistance. To check if you or your son or daughter is qualified to apply for the offer, you may visit – DSWD Student Educational Assistance: Who Are Qualified to Apply.

DSWD set different amounts as benefit grants for elementary, junior high school, senior high school, and college recipients of the assistance. To check on how much you may receive, you may visit – DSWD Student Cash Assistance: List of How Much You May Get.

If you are planning to apply for this cash assistance offer under DSWD’s six-week program, you may visit – DSWD Educational Assistance: How To Apply for Cash Grant for Students.

4Ps beneficiaries are not allowed to apply for the said cash assistance program. However, some of them have already obtained the cash aid. According to DSWD, they will be deducting the amounts from the fund that the beneficiaries are set to receive in a staggard way.