Students’ Grants-in-Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (SGP-PA)

The SGP-PA aims to contribute to the National Government’s thrusts in effectively addressing poverty alleviation by increasing number of graduates in higher education among poor households and to get these graduates employed in high-value added occupations in order to lift their families out of poverty and contribute to national development.

4,041 Beneficiaries qualified to enroll in leading SUCs to take up priority and other degree programs that CHED may deem critical to national development as indicated in CMO No. 04, s. 2011 (CHED Priority Courses from SY 2011-2012 to SY 2015-2016) Shall come from identified and classified poor households in the 609 focus municipalities covered under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of the DSWD.