Bicolano students join DOST roster of scholars
(Infographic courtesy of DOST-5) LEGAZPI CITY - A total of 529 students from the six provinces of Bicol region are expected to join the Department of Science and Technology's (DOST) roster of scholars after qualifying for the Science Education Institute's (SEI) scholarship program. In a phone interview on Friday, Ruby Asuncion, DOST-5 scholarship coordinator, said, "This year, some of the documentary requirements were their grades from 9 to 12, historical data of the school, and 5,636 students applied and tried their luck and more or less 10 percent made the cut." She noted t...