NAGA CITY, Camarines Sur (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) held an academic mastery webinar on March 16, Saturday, to provide more Bicolanos with education opportunities.
DOST Regional Director Rommel Serrano said that the primary objective of the virtual conference is to increase the number of scholars from the region, which currently stands at 1,926.
Serrano said the DOST is making an effort to encourage participants to become the next scientists, engineers, and innovators who will help build the nation.
The webinar, titled "Inspiring Youth Aspirant Scholars," aimed to motivate incoming college students to pursue a sustainable educational journey through the scholarship program.
DOST Bicol Regional Director Rommel Serrano delivers inspirational message to scholarship applicants in a webinar on Saturday.
“Not only for its prestige, but the DOST scholarship is among the widest and most sought after scholarships in the country because of its amount and value,” he said.
“Not only the students but even their families can be sustained through this educational assistance. So if this is something so special, then applicants must prepare hard and work hard for it,” he added.
Over 150 Grade 12 students from various parts of the Bicol region participated in the occasion.
Dr. Salvacion Villafuerte, psychology professor at the Bicol University, discussed effective study habits and test-taking steps for those who vied for the scholarship.
Dr. Salvacion Villafuerte, Psychology Professor from Bicol University, discusses various learning techniques, study habits and pre-test steps to scholarship applicants in a webinar on Saturday.
“The utilized learning strategies of the students will determine how effective their study habits are. However, they must not compare themselves. They must know what works for them, and must focus on matters that they can control, and not on those they cannot,” she said.
Ralph Martin Roque, the DOST public information officer for Bicol, said the DOST Bicol Scholars Integrated Governing Council led the gathering of students from various schools in the region.
The group is composed of DOST scholars who aim to promote engaged citizenship and sustainable development by networking with regional and national organizations and associations.
DOST Bicol SINGCO head John Antonmel De Vera Borcelis, a psychology student from Bicol University (BU), said: “Being a scholar is an opportunity to receive enough support to achieve your ideal courses at your dream universities, leading to a lifetime of productive careers in science and technology.”
DOST Bicol SINGCO Head John Antonmel De Vera Borcelis, a psychology student from Bicol University, delivers his message in GIYA scholars webinar on March 16.
Borcelis encouraged qualified youth to apply for DOST-SEI scholarships.
“Be one of us, embrace growth, learning, and service to steer our nation toward innovative and inclusive progress; be a DOST scholar!”
Reynier Francis Espinola, a BU electronics engineering student from Daet, Camarines Norte, gave some helpful advice to participants who were experiencing self-doubt.
“Become goal-oriented rather than doubting one’s self or focusing on the situation.”
He said that he did his best to answer the questions accurately and developed study techniques to achieve his goals, which heavily determine his future.
The 2024 DOST-SEI Science & Technology Undergraduate Scholarships Qualifying Examination will be held on April 6 and 7 in various testing centers in the region. (PIA5)
