Guide on DSWD Educational Cash Assistance Offer for Filipino Students
DSWD EDUCATIONAL CASH ASSISTANCE – Here are the important details about the educational aid offer of the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
Education is one of the most important things a person can have that nothing or no one can take away. Unfortunately, attaining it requires financial capacity and not everyone has enough means to get it to college graduation.
Meanwhile, there are public and private institutions and agencies that are ready to help lessen the burden of poor but deserving Filipinos. One of them is the Department of Social Welfare and Development or DSWD.
Under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation or the AICS program, there is the DSWD Educational Cash Assistance offer for poor but deserving students in elementary, high school, and college as well as those taking vocational studies.
Who are qualified to apply for the DSWD Educational Cash Assistance offer? Here is a list of the eligibility criteria set by the government agency:
- breadwinners or Filipino students who take the responsibility of supporting their own studies
- working students or those who have to take part-time jobs so they can support their financial needs
- children of solo parents, persons with disabilities or PWDs, and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs)
- those who are living without a family or relatives or students who do not have to a place to call home
- children of parents who have no means of earning to support the studies of their children
The social welfare department wants to assist the solo parents, those who are PWDs, and as well as the OFWs recognizing the burden in raising children while being in such situations.
Under the Educational Assistance offer, the DSWD wants to give students the opportunity to focus on their studies by lessening their financial burden. With regards to the amount, here are the assistance that may be provided by the social welfare department based on the grade level of the student beneficiary:
- Elementary Students — Php 1,000 each
- Junior High School Students — Php 2,000 each
- Senior High School Students — Php 3,000 each
- College Students — Php 4,000 each
- Vocational Students — Php 4,000 each
Another offer under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) by the DSWD is the Transportation Aid. It has a wide coverage and it is undeniably one of the cash aid offers many people are not aware of.
