Metrobank Foundation

Believing that education is a key factor in poverty alleviation and as one of the major thrusts of the Metrobank Foundation, a scholarship program was established in 1995 aimed at providing quality educational opportunities to academically gifted but financially challenged students. This objective was realized with the creation of various scholarsh... ip programs. Under the College Scholarship Program (CSP), the following scholarship opportunities were established: Assistance for the Completion of College Education for Superior Students (ACCESS), which granted 4-year scholarship to 611 students, enrolled in accountancy, business management and education courses. Excellence in Teaching Program (ETP), established in 1997 in partnership with the Pi Lambda Theta (PLT)-Philippine Area Chapter, an honor society of women educators, which provided 141 2-year scholarship grants to students majoring in English, Science or Math. Grants in Aid of College Education (GRACE) in which, upon the recommendation of then MBFI Chairman of the Board, former President Corazon C. Aquino, the Foundation extended a special education assistance package to 159 qualified graduating students in selected Level II- or III- accredited schools all over the country. The Foundation also established the Share A Gift Education (SAGE) Program, which supported elementary and high school Filipino-Chinese students enrolled in 95 schools accredited by the Association of Filipino-Chinese Schools all over the country in partnership with the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FFCCCII), and the Teaching Excellence for the Completion of Higher Education (TEACH), in partnership with De La Salle University (DLSU), intended for former awardees of SOT to pursue post graduate studies (MA or Ph.D. in Educational Management and Leadership at DLSU. Upon the culmination of the aforementioned programs and in time for the 50th Anniversary of Metrobank, the Foundation launched the Metrobank Scholarship Program (MSP) which granted 250 ...Read More