Scholarship

EDUCATION- College Scholarship Program:

VSF Scholarship Program started in 2007 with 24 scholars enrolled in different universities and colleges in Cebu. The Program aims to assist financially-challenged students from public high schools who are academically capable but have no means to pursue college education. The number of scholars eventually increased on the succeeding years. Education consists of 80% of VSF entire operations.

From 2007-2022, there were already 193 graduates, 121 of them graduated with honors (4 Suma, 41 Magna and 76 Cum laude).

VSF alumni are currently working in Metro Retail Stores Inc./ Vicsal group of companies in the Supervisory level , some are in the academe as professors, in BPOs as Specialist, officer and managerial level in some private and government organization. While others are still preparing for their board exams.

ELIGIBILITY: CRITERIA, QUALIFICATIONS AND DOCUMENTARY REQUIREMENTS

VSF’s College Scholarship is granted to students who meet the following criteria & qualifications:

Must be a graduate or a graduating student of any public senior high school within Cebu

Must have a general average not lower than 88% with no grade per subject lower than 80%

Annual gross family income of both parents/guardians must not exceed to P300,000.00

Must be of good moral character/with leadership qualities

Must not be a recipient of any other scholarship grants either from government or private institutions

PRIVILEGES

VSF scholars will enjoy the following:

Full tuition and other school fees per sem billed by the school

Monthly allowance of Php 2,500.00

Book allowance of Php 3,000.00 per semester

Graduation-related fees reimbursement up to Php 2,000.00 for scholar-graduates

Attendance to education-related activities, eg. Scholars’ Annual gathering and formation/leadership workshops or trainings.

Click here to download the scholarship appplication form.

TRACKER OF GRADUATED SCHOLARS (YEAR: 2011 - 2019)

year
# of College Degree Graduates
# of Assoc Graduates
Awards
Summa
Magna
Cum
None
2011
18
9
0
1
14
3
2012
6
15
1
2
3
0
2013
2
10
0
0
1
1
2014
16
0
0
7
7
2
2015
18
0
2
5
9
2
October 2015
2
0
0
1
1
0
2016
15
0
0
3
6
6
October 2016
5
0
0
1
4
0
March 2017
8
0
0
5
3
0
April 2018
13
0
0
2
4
7
July 2018
1
0
0
0
0
1
Oct 2018
2
0
0
0
2
0
Dec 2018
10
0
0
1
7
2
Mar 2019
4
0
0
1
1
2
May 2019
13
0
1
4
4
4
Oct 2019
2
0
0
0
2
0
Dec 2019
4
0
0
2
2
0
March 2020
4
0
0
0
0
0
May 2020
1
0
0
0
0
0
June and July 2022
14
0
0
6
6
2
Total College Degree Graduates: 158
Total Assoc Graduates: 35
Total Number of Graduates with Honor: 121
Total VSF Scholar Graduates (Sept 2022): 193

EXISTING SCHOLARS (SCHOOL YEAR: 2019 - 2020)

School
1st to 4th Year
Cebu Normal University
1
Cebu Institute of Technology - University
13
University of San Carlos
35
University of San Jose Recoletos
15
University of the Philippines
6
Total VSF Scholar Graduates: 70
Total Number of Scholarship Grantees: 263