Meet our Achievers for AY2018-19

Tuparin and pangarap!

After applications and interviews, 4 IE students were selected as grantees of UPIEAA’s Achievers Program for Academic Year 2018-19.  Let’s get to know them!

So what does it take to help these bright young minds fulfill their aspirations? Well, considering the impact that IEs have on nation-building, not much.

The Achievers Program provides a monthly stipend of P5,000 to financially-challenged students. Though tuition is 100% subsidised, students need to defray other living expenses such as dorm rent, meals, transpo, load, and photocopying. Many of the applicants face other adverse struggles such as medical/hospital bills (involving either parents or the students themselves) or absence of family income. Many have resorted to part-time work, affect their studies. Learn how you can help HERE.

The students were officially introduced to the UPIEAA Board last August 27th at the new IE/ME building.

“How we wish we could support all the applicants,” says Jop Yap, UPIEAA Scholarship Committee Head. “but because of limited resources, we needed to prioritise. Fortunately there are other programs, such as UP Alumni Engineers’ (UPAE) SNPL Program, to where we refer those we can’t support.”  Yap, who was honored as one of the 100 outstanding alumni of the UP Diliman College of Engineering as part of its Centennial celebration,  is also serving as Trustee for UPAE.

More on UPAE’s SNPL Program

The Study Now Pay Later (SNPL) program provides a student loan of P60,000 per school year available to incoming third year students and up at the UPD College of Engineering (COE).

The grantee receives the amount for up to three years or graduation (whichever comes first), bringing the total loan of up to P180,000. The loan becomes due and payable – three years after the student graduates or one year after gainful employment, whichever is earlier -without interest and at the same schedule that the loan was received. This repayment will fund the next set of deserving students availing the Study Now Pay Later Program.