00:00Target ng Department of Science and Technology
00:02inamadagdagan pa ang kanilang pondo
00:04para sa kanilang scholarship program.
00:07Ito'y sa harap ng pagtaas
00:08ng bilang ng mga estudyante
00:10na is makapasok dito.
00:12Si Rod Lagusan sa Centro ng Balita.
00:17Walang scholarship cut.
00:19Ito ang nilinaw ng Department of Science and Technology
00:21kasunod ng umano'y pagbawas ng scholarship slots
00:24particular na sa mga graduate programs.
00:26Ayon kay Sekretary Renato Saludom Jr.,
00:29hindi naman binawaso ng budget na nakalaan
00:31para sa scholars ng kagawaraan.
00:33Ang naging challenge is that
00:35maraming gustong maging DOSD scholar.
00:39So ang dating,
00:40hindi lahat mapapaunlakan.
00:42We have to manage
00:43the expectation
00:46and we are actually requesting that
00:49universities have been assigned
00:53certain number of slots
00:55to be funded by DOSD.
00:57If they actually have more students
01:01that they have accepted,
01:03hindi na namin kayang matustusan yun
01:05kasi ito lang na slot.
01:07Binigyang din ng Kaliim
01:08na pareho lang ang bilang ng mga scholar
01:10na pinunduhan ngayong taon
01:11at noong nakarang taon.
01:13Paliwanag ni Saludom,
01:14ang kadalasang ginagawa ng mga universitat
01:16kapag ganitong may sumobra
01:17ay magkaroon ng ranking.
01:19Dahil sa limitadong slot,
01:20sinabi ng Kaliim
01:21na kanilang sinusubukan
01:22na magkaroon pa ng mas malaking budget.
01:24Sa bahagi ng Science Education Institute
01:27ng DOSD,
01:28ang kabuong bilang ng mga scholar
01:29ay higit 50,000.
01:31Mula sa bilang na ito,
01:32nasa 46,000 na nakalaan
01:34para sa undergraduate,
01:35habang nasa 6,000 naman
01:37para sa graduate scholars.
01:38Ang nakalaan na budget
01:39para sa mga scholar ngayong 2025
01:41ay nasa 7.2 billion pesos.
01:43Nagkakaroon lang ng misframing
01:47if I could put it that way
01:48kasi some universities feel
01:50that their scholarship slots
01:52have gone down
01:52which is not really the case either.
01:55Kasi yung case ng UP Diliman
01:56in particular,
01:58they requested for additional slots
01:59in the previous year
02:01pero this year hindi na kaya.
02:03Bakit?
02:03Kasi in the previous year,
02:05we had extra funds.
02:06Ang tawag natin doon sa budgeting
02:08is unexpended budget
02:09or unexpended funds
02:11from the previous year.
02:12Anya, tumataas ang demand
02:14sa iba pang unibersidad sa bansa
02:15gaya na lang sa
02:16Mindanao State University
02:17Iligan Institute of Technology,
02:19West Visayas State University
02:21at UP Los Baños.
02:23Paglilino niya,
02:24una nang nalaman ng mga unibersidad
02:26ang alokasyon na nakalaan sa kanila
02:27sa bawat unibersidad.
02:29Habang pagating sa
02:29Junior Level Science Scholarship
02:31o ang DOST Scholarship
02:32para sa mga third-year college students,
02:35paliwanag ng SEI
02:36ito'y nakadepende
02:36sa karagdagang slot na meron.
02:38Pero base sa kanilang dato
02:39sa mga nakaraang taon,
02:41hindi rin naman anila
02:42mataas ang bilang
02:42ng mga scholars
02:43sa ilalim nito.
02:44Rod Lagusad
02:45para sa Pambansang TV
02:47sa Bagong Pilipinas.
