WHEREAS, Cabinet Resolution dated June 6, 1956,
created the interagency Special Committee on Scholarships (SCS) to
re-examine existing Cabinet policies relating to foreign scholarships,
fellowship training grants, and the like and to make recommendations on
pending foreign scholarships and related matters;
WHEREAS,
Executive Order No. 129, s. 1968, as amended, provides rules and
regulations governing official travel abroad connected with foreign
scholarships, fellowship training grants, and the like, of all
government officials and employees, including those of government owned
and controlled corporations, and emphasizes the requisite approval by
SCS to such foreign travel;
WHEREAS, Letter of Implementation No.
10, dated November 1, 1972, issued pursuant to Presidential Decree No.
1, directs the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) to provide
secretariat assistance to the SCS;
WHEREAS, Letter of Implementation No. 35, dated December 11, 1975, directed that SCS be attached to the NEDA;
WHEREAS,
the Civil Service Commission issued Memorandum Circular No. 34, s.
1992, establishing the scholarship program for government and providing
for its effective administration;
WHEREAS, said Memorandum
Circular runs counter to the spirit of earlier issuances, impinges on
the functions of the SCS and NEDA, and duplicates existing scholarship
programs inevitably depleting meager government resources;
All
departments, bureaus, and agencies of the national and local government,
including government owned and controlled corporations and state
colleges and universities are therefore hereby instructed that all
matters pertaining to local and foreign scholarships should continue to
be administered and coordinated by the Special Committee on Scholarships
of the National Economic Development Authority.
This Memorandum Circular shall take effect immediately.
Adopted: 16 Oct. 1992
(SGD.) EDELMIRO A. AMANTE, SR.
Executive Secretary