The Palawan Electric Cooperative is now accepting applications for its scholarship program for School Year 2025–2026, which offers financial assistance to incoming first-year college students in Palawan.
A qualifying exam for all applicants is scheduled for July 15, 2025.
The program is open to children or legal dependents of active member-consumer-owners (MCOs) who have been members of the Palawan Electric Cooperative (PALECO) for at least one year.
PALECO said acceptable guardians must be immediate relatives such as grandparents, uncles, aunts, or siblings of the applicant.
To be eligible, applicants must be single, not older than 20 years old, and must have an average grade of at least 85 percent. They must also be of good moral character.
Applicants whose parent or guardian has been apprehended for power pilferage, or who are related to regular PALECO employees or officers within the fourth civil degree of consanguinity or affinity, are disqualified.
Successful applicants may enroll in any public college or university within Palawan.
Scholarship Benefits
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₱4,000 book and miscellaneous allowance per semester
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₱3,000 monthly allowance
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Two sets of uniforms for the first semester, and one set for each succeeding semester
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₱2,500 book and miscellaneous allowance per semester
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₱2,000 monthly allowance
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One set of uniform
Required Documents
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Accomplished application form (available at www.paleco.net)
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High school report card
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Latest Income Tax Return (ITR) of parents or guardians not exceeding ₱140,000, or a barangay certificate of indigency
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Certificate of good moral character from the school principal
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Table of consanguinity (downloadable from the website)
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PWD ID card, if applicable
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Legal document proving the applicant is a dependent of a PALECO MCO (e.g., notarized sworn statement)
The deadline for submission is June 27, 2025, at 5 p.m.
For inquiries, applicants may visit the Member Services Division of the Institutional Services Department at PALECO’s main office in Barangay Tiniguiban, Puerto Princesa City, or proceed to the nearest PALECO satellite office.
