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Conditions on state-funded science scholars defeat program’s purpose

By DARLENE CAY, VINCE NONATO, RALPH TY, ADRIENNE ADRE AND CHARRY ESPINO  (Conclusion) ARWIN Cruz is unlike many graduate students at the University of the Philippines in Diliman. He studies full time at the UP College of Engineering and enjoys a full scholarship from the Engineering Research for Development and Technology (ERDT) Program. But Cruz—and 266

Conditions on state-funded science scholars defeat program’s purpose

Slow procurement delays graduation of state-funded science scholars

By DARLENE CAY, VINCE NONATO, RALPH TY, ADRIENNE ADRE and CHARRY ESPINO (First of two parts) GRADUATE student Jose Castillo was one of the tens of thousands of students expecting to graduate late last month from the University of the Philippines in Diliman. After all, except for this thesis, he had completed all the requirements

Slow procurement delays graduation of state-funded science scholars