As part of the continued expansion of its rewards and recognition program, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) is strengthening its institutional partnerships to provide Gawad Lingkod Bayani national awardees and Pamanang Lingkod Bayani beneficiaries with broader access to scholarship opportunities and learning and development programs nationwide.
The CSC formalized new partnerships through the signing of separate memorandum of agreement May 25 with the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) and the Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges (PASUC), led by CSC chairperson Marilyn Yap, DAP acting president and chief executive officer Leocadio Sebastian, and PASUC president Tirso Ronquillo.
Under the agreement, DAP will provide qualified awardees access to postgraduate degree scholarship or short-course training, including one additional training opportunity. These will primarily be offered through the DAP Graduate School of Public and Development Management (DAP-GSPDM) and other DAP training units, subject to the Academy’s available program offerings.
Meanwhile, PASUC will extend scholarship grants to qualified Gawad Lingkod Bayani awardees or their designated beneficiaries, as well as to eligible PLBi beneficiaries. These include free baccalaureate education under Republic Act 10931, or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act. Discounted tuition and other fees for postgraduate programs will also be available, subject to admission policies and existing laws, for six years from the agreement’s effectivity.
Yap stressed the importance of recognizing public servants and supporting beneficiaries, as well as investing in people, who champion excellence, patriotism, and integrity in public service.
“Our agreement affirms our shared commitment to ensuring that workers in government are given due recognition and meaningful incentives for exemplary performance, including valuable assistance to the families of those who died or are killed in the line of duty,” she said in a statement, adding that recognition programs should go beyond conferring awards and, instead, foster long-term growth and leadership development.
These expanded partnerships underscore the CSC’s continuing commitment to honoring government workers, who have exemplified puso, dangal, at galing in public service, the Commission said. “By making benefits more accessible, inclusive, and regionally available, the initiative enables awardees, dependents, and beneficiaries to pursue meaningful educational and professional development opportunities.” ||
