ISU Echague Scholarship Unit-Office of Student Affairs and Services

𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬

𝑹𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒆:

Republic Act No. 109301, known as the "Universal Access for Quality Tertiary Education Act of 2017", specifically mandating the Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education popularly known as the UniFAST, the agency created under RA 10687 to implement all the identified programs stated in RA

No. 10931. Students of SUCs are now enjoying free tuition fees which started the First Semester, SY 2017-2018 and also included free miscellaneous fees starting School Year, 2018-2019. There is also an existing policy of the University providing for free tuition fee and/or miscellaneous fees to students with meritorious scholastic performance or by virtue of their impressive talents and skills that contribute to the academic community. It is now a standing policy of the university that those merit scholars with entitlements of free tuition and/or miscellaneous fees shall be given the cash incentives accrued to them as per assessment of their fees.

𝑶𝒃𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔:

The objectives of the policy are the following:

1. Provide cash incentives to students with meritorious scholastic performance based on their average grade or General Weighted Average (GWA).
2. Provide cash incentives to students whose merits are based on their innate talents and skills.

𝑷𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆:

The document defines the policies and guidelines of the Scholarship Unit in implementing several scholarship programs offered by the University to its deserving students.

𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒚:

The Isabela State University Scholarship Unit offers merit scholarship programs to its deserving students in accordance with the policies and guidelines of the University.

𝑫𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒔:

Scholar – A holder of scholarship
Scholarship – A grant-in-aid to a student as by a college or foundation

𝐃𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐓 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌 (𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝)

𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑹𝑨𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑺𝑪𝑯𝑶𝑳𝑨𝑹𝑺𝑯𝑰𝑷 (𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓)
- given to entering freshmen who graduated with highest honors with an average grade of 98 to 100% from public or private school. It is availed for one semester only.

𝑨𝑪𝑨𝑫𝑬𝑴𝑰𝑪 𝑺𝑪𝑯𝑶𝑳𝑨𝑹𝑺𝑯𝑰𝑷 (𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒓)
- given to a student who obtained a GWA of at least 1.50 to 1.00 at the end of a regular term and who carries at least 15 academic load for the term.

𝑨𝑪𝑨𝑫𝑬𝑴𝑰𝑪 𝑺𝑪𝑯𝑶𝑳𝑨𝑹𝑺𝑯𝑰𝑷 (𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒆 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒓)
- given to a student who obtained a GWA of at least 1.75 to 1.51 at the end of a regular term and who carries at least 15 academic load of the term.

𝑨𝑺𝑺𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑻𝑶 𝑨𝑻𝑯𝑳𝑬𝑻𝑬𝑺
is awarded to a athletes who:
- carry a minimum academic load of 15 units;
- have not incurred a failing or incomplete grade; and
- have participated in or won in the University/Campus sports competition during the preceding semester and have been qualified to represent the University in higher athletic competitions.

𝑺𝑻𝑼𝑫𝑬𝑵𝑻 𝑷𝑼𝑩𝑳𝑰𝑪𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵 𝑺𝑪𝑯𝑶𝑳𝑨𝑹𝑺𝑯𝑰𝑷
- awarded to the campus student publication staff who have a minimum academic load of 15 units / semester and have no failing or incomplete grade in the preceding semester.

𝑺𝑻𝑼𝑫𝑬𝑵𝑻 𝑳𝑬𝑨𝑫𝑬𝑹𝑺 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑹𝑶𝑻𝑪 𝑶𝑭𝑭𝑰𝑪𝑬𝑹𝑺
- awarded to the Campus SSC, SBO President, ROTC Officers who have a minimum academic load of 15 units / semester and have no failing or incomplete grade on the preceding semester.

𝑺𝑶𝑪𝑰𝑶-𝑪𝑼𝑳𝑻𝑼𝑹𝑨𝑳 𝑺𝑪𝑯𝑶𝑳𝑨𝑹𝑺𝑯𝑰𝑷
- awarded to students who are members of the socio-cultural group and who have won in the regional/national competitions, who carry a minimum academic load of 15 units and have no failing or incomplete grades during the preceding semester.

𝑭𝑨𝑪𝑼𝑳𝑻𝒀 𝑬𝑴𝑷𝑳𝑶𝒀𝑬𝑬 𝑨𝑺𝑺𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑵𝑪𝑬 (𝑭𝑬𝑨) 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑮𝑹𝑨𝑴
- given to a permanent/regular employee of Isabela State University for 75% discount from basic tuition fees.

𝑹𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔:

- Guidelines on the Implementation of Flexible Delivery of Student Affairs and Services during COVID-19 Pandemic
- Board Approved - Policy on giving Cash Incentives to Merit Scholars and Student Leaders Effective SY 2018-2019 (Resolution No. 65, s. 2018)
- Student Manual

𝑵𝑶𝑻𝑬: 𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚𝒆𝒅, 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒉 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑.