The stipends are finally being released and the long wait for my fellow scholars is officially over. Seeing everyone get the support they need to finish their studies is a massive relief that I honestly did not think would happen this quickly. We still need to keep a close eye …
January 24, 2018
Final supporters
This is a petition for the release of stipends/living allowances of CHED K12 Scholars
We the scholars would like to ask the Commission on Higher Education and the help of concerned offices (COA, DBM, Office of the President) the release of stipend of scholars under the CHED K12 Scholarship Program. While we respect and recognize the technicalities and problem of processing of the allowances, we would also like to communicate to you the plight and situation of scholars who have not yet received allowances for almost eight (8) months:
- Most are forced to borrow with more or less 10% interest just to attend to their classes and for their requirements
- Some were evicted from their boarding houses because they can no longer pay their rent fees
- Some would absent from their classes because they don’t have money for fare and food
- Some faced humiliation because of borrowing from one friend to another
- Some opted to give up their scholarship because they don’t have the financial back up due to late release of allowances
- Those who were enrolled in their Masters degree are about to take their thesis writing but they don’t have the money to start their research
- Some are already experiencing depression due to the pressure of sourcing out money to finish the semesterTop of Form
And these are the answers we received when we went to our CHED regional offices or when we called CHED central office hotline:
- Sorry, “tiis tiis muna kau”
- Commissioner Licuanan is out of the country, we need her signature for the processing of payment
- There are some suspensions from the COA
- There are papers that were not submitted and we are waiting for the regions to submit
- We don’t have the answer, just wait
- We can no longer answer your queries, just wait
- NO answer/ Hanged the phone with laughters on the background
We are confused on the real reason of the delay of our allowances. Giving us different answers will only increase anxiety and mental/emotional torture on our part.
We appreciate the effort of the commission to enhance and strengthen the status of higher education in the country through the scholarship program. While we the scholars are working hard to do our part to fulfil our commitment to the commission and to our SHEIs, we request the commission to do their part effectively and efficiently as agreed upon. We therefore, earnestly pray, wish, ask, and “beg” for the release of our allowances the soonest.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
November 27, 2017
November 25, 2017
We are approaching 500 signatures and I need everyone to help push this over the edge right now. My friends are being evicted and dropping out of their programs because of these delays while we wait for any meaningful response from the commission.
Reached 100 supporters
November 19, 2017
November 16, 2017
I am watching our numbers climb toward the one hundred signature mark and I need your help to get there today. My own research has been stalled for months because of these missing stipends and I know many of you are suffering through the same financial uncertainty. Please post this link to your social media so we can show the people in charge that our situation is becoming impossible to ignore.
281 Comments
The delay of stipend disbursement is damaging. 7 months of not letting me work plus the burden of advance payments I have to pay for sample collection, thesis writing and compre exam payment are all exhausting. I am about to give it up,
For 8 months (April - November) now, we haven't received even a single centavo from our supposed to be monthly living allowance. Tapos nka-leave without pay status pa kami. Can you imagine it CHEDCO?
i'm about to get evicted from my dormitory and rented apartment. 6 units of load is not enough to suffice my expenses for seven kids. Please make necessary actions and deliver us from further humiliation and depression.
I am from Region 11 and is currently studying in Region 1. All the costs, from travel, housing, food, etc., are inevitable and surprisingly high. The "6-month No LA" life in a far way land is a torture.
7 months delayed of living allowances. I am financially drained. I currently doing my thesis! We are required to present papers to any international conferences. Utang at it's maximum with 10 and or 15 percent interest. Literally, I have zero penny for all of these! So help me God.
Its been a year that my name was not in the list and still my status is deferred. i would like to make follow up with what happen to my documents? Since i am not in the list of course i can't receive allowance.
follow up my allowance on march 2017
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The stipends are finally being released and the long wait for my fellow scholars is officially over. Seeing everyone get the support they need to finish their studies is a massive relief that I honestly did not think would happen this quickly. We still need to keep a close eye …
January 24, 2018
Final supporters
This is a petition for the release of stipends/living allowances of CHED K12 Scholars
We the scholars would like to ask the Commission on Higher Education and the help of concerned offices (COA, DBM, Office of the President) the release of stipend of scholars under the CHED K12 Scholarship Program. While we respect and recognize the technicalities and problem of processing of the allowances, we would also like to communicate to you the plight and situation of scholars who have not yet received allowances for almost eight (8) months:
- Most are forced to borrow with more or less 10% interest just to attend to their classes and for their requirements
- Some were evicted from their boarding houses because they can no longer pay their rent fees
- Some would absent from their classes because they don’t have money for fare and food
- Some faced humiliation because of borrowing from one friend to another
- Some opted to give up their scholarship because they don’t have the financial back up due to late release of allowances
- Those who were enrolled in their Masters degree are about to take their thesis writing but they don’t have the money to start their research
- Some are already experiencing depression due to the pressure of sourcing out money to finish the semesterTop of Form
And these are the answers we received when we went to our CHED regional offices or when we called CHED central office hotline:
- Sorry, “tiis tiis muna kau”
- Commissioner Licuanan is out of the country, we need her signature for the processing of payment
- There are some suspensions from the COA
- There are papers that were not submitted and we are waiting for the regions to submit
- We don’t have the answer, just wait
- We can no longer answer your queries, just wait
- NO answer/ Hanged the phone with laughters on the background
We are confused on the real reason of the delay of our allowances. Giving us different answers will only increase anxiety and mental/emotional torture on our part.
We appreciate the effort of the commission to enhance and strengthen the status of higher education in the country through the scholarship program. While we the scholars are working hard to do our part to fulfil our commitment to the commission and to our SHEIs, we request the commission to do their part effectively and efficiently as agreed upon. We therefore, earnestly pray, wish, ask, and “beg” for the release of our allowances the soonest.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
November 27, 2017
November 25, 2017
We are approaching 500 signatures and I need everyone to help push this over the edge right now. My friends are being evicted and dropping out of their programs because of these delays while we wait for any meaningful response from the commission.
Reached 100 supporters
November 19, 2017
November 16, 2017
I am watching our numbers climb toward the one hundred signature mark and I need your help to get there today. My own research has been stalled for months because of these missing stipends and I know many of you are suffering through the same financial uncertainty. Please post this link to your social media so we can show the people in charge that our situation is becoming impossible to ignore.
281 Comments
I am signing this petition on behalf of those scholars from private universities who have decided to pursue graduate studies even without salaries from their SHEI because of the CHED's promise that monthly allowances would be provided on time. I am petitioning CHED to give its full support to all CHED scholars.
The delay of stipend disbursement is damaging. 7 months of not letting me work plus the burden of advance payments I have to pay for sample collection, thesis writing and compre exam payment are all exhausting. I am about to give it up,
For 8 months (April - November) now, we haven't received even a single centavo from our supposed to be monthly living allowance. Tapos nka-leave without pay status pa kami. Can you imagine it CHEDCO?
i'm about to get evicted from my dormitory and rented apartment. 6 units of load is not enough to suffice my expenses for seven kids. Please make necessary actions and deliver us from further humiliation and depression.
I am from Region 11 and is currently studying in Region 1. All the costs, from travel, housing, food, etc., are inevitable and surprisingly high. The "6-month No LA" life in a far way land is a torture.
7 months delayed of living allowances. I am financially drained. I currently doing my thesis! We are required to present papers to any international conferences. Utang at it's maximum with 10 and or 15 percent interest. Literally, I have zero penny for all of these! So help me God.
Its been a year that my name was not in the list and still my status is deferred. i would like to make follow up with what happen to my documents? Since i am not in the list of course i can't receive allowance.
follow up my allowance on march 2017
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I am signing this petition on behalf of those scholars from private universities who have decided to pursue graduate studies even without salaries from their SHEI because of the CHED's promise that monthly allowances would be provided on time. I am petitioning CHED to give its full support to all CHED scholars.