The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) invites all Presidents and Officers-in-Charge of CHED-recognized Higher Education Institutions (HEls) to nominate a maximum of two (2) regular employees from your institution with responsibilities on school administration and on curriculum/program development and who have proven capacity to create, implement and manage programs and projects designed to address Mental Health concerns of students and school personnel.
The 15-unit program on “Post-Graduate Certificate in School-Based Program for Mental Health” offered by Miriam College under CHED scholarship through the Continuing Professional Development Studies Grant (CPDSG) aims to facilitate early identification, prevention and intervention of mental health issues in Higher Education Institutions through human-centered education approach, coaching and counseling skills, Structured Learning Experience (SLE) on mental well-being and development of mental health program.
Due to limited slots for scholarship, the evaluation of eligibility will be on a first-come, first-served basis. The mode of delivery will be online with a one-day face to face graduation ceremony. The tentative schedule of the program will be conducted from April to August 2024. Further details on the specific program schedule will be discussed during the Orientation/Onboarding of eligible participants/scholars.
The eligibility and documentary requirements to avail the scholarship are provided in Annexes A and B. Further information on submission reminder and approval process are provided in Annex C.
The scholarship will cover the following:
- Tuition and other miscellaneous fees
- Post Graduate Certificate of Completion and Official Student Records
- Use of Library and Audio-Visual resources including online learning materials
Interested applicants must be nominated by their SHEls with complete documentary requirements on or before 16 February 2024. The SHEls are to submit their official list of endorsed nominees, and the complete documentary requirements in one submission, through this link: bit.ly/UploadingForm_MCMentalHealth, with file format: CHED-MC Name of SHEI Application Documents.
LATE AND/OR INCOMPLETE OR INCORRECT APPLICATIONS WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY CONSIDERED AS INELIGIBLE.
For queries and concerns, you may contact Ms. Shielo Zosimo of the Local Graduate Scholarships Office (LGSO) through email at cpdsg@ched.gov.ph.
Wide dissemination of this Memorandum is desired.
SGD.
J. PROSPERO E. DE VERA III, DPA
Chairman
Commission on Higher Education and UniFAST Board