Guide on CHED Scholarship Courses Related to Health Profession
CHED SCHOLARSHIP COURSES – You can check the list below for the Health Profession courses covered under the scholarship program.
Do you want to finish college but you are not confident that your pocket will be able to handle the expenses? You may turn to state and government entities that offer scholarships for a financial assistance.
One of the government entities in the Philippines that offer a scholarship is the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). It is the governing body among the universities and state colleges in the country and its scholarship offer has a wide coverage in terms of courses.
For CHED scholars who want to take a Health Profession course, here are the courses that you can choose from:
Health Profession
- Doctor of Dental Medicine
- Doctor Of Optometry
- Medical Technology / Medical Laboratory Science
- Midwifery
- Nursing
- Nutrition and Dietetics
- Occupational Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Physical Therapy
- Radiologic Technology
- Respiratory Therapy
- Speech Language Pathology
There are also several courses covered by the CHED scholarship in other fields such as Engineering and Technology, Information and Technology (IT), Science and Mathematics, Architecture and Related Programs, Business and Management, Maritime Education, Teacher Education, Social Science, and Multi and Interdisiplinary Cluster.
Prior to applying for the scholarship offer, you may check on the CHED scholarship stipends or allowance for scholars under the program.
CHED has crafted a set of eligibility criteria in the application for the scholarship offer. For aspiring scholars, you must be:
- a Filipino citizen
- Graduating high school student or high school graduate with a general average General Weighted Average (GWA)
- For Full State Scholarship Program (FSSP) and Full Private Education Student Financial Assistance (FPESPA), GWA must be 96% or above.
- For Half-SSP and Half-PESPA, GWA must be 93% but not more than 95%.
- Must have a combined annual gross income of parents/guardian which does not exceed Four Hundred Thousand Pesos (PhP 400,000), or in cases where the income exceeds PhP 400,000 an applicant must present written certification or medical findings of illness of a family member, or school certifications of two or more dependents enrolled in college;
- Avail of only one government-funded financial assistance program.
There are requirements for CHED scholarship application that you must prepare and submit to the Commission.