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Last updated: July 27, 2024, 8:33 p.m.

The Metrobank Foundation, Inc. (MBFI) and the University of the Philippines School of Statistics (UPSS), through the UP Statistical Center Research Foundation, Inc. (UPSCRFI), signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) last April 13, 2023, at the Penthouse, Metrobank Plaza, Makati City, formalizing the inclusion of UPSS in the MBFI’s Assistance for the Completion of College Education for Superior Students 4 (ACCESS 4) Scholarship Program – an excellence or merit-based scholarship awarded to undergraduate students based on their academic distinction and extra-curricular activities.

The MBFI identified the Bachelor of Science in Statistics of UPSS as one of the priority academic programs for ACCESS 4. Of the ten available grants for BS Statistics students of UPSS, four were chosen this AY 2022-2023 to receive full four-year scholarship grants – a stipend of Php 35,000.00 each per semester per covered academic year. The six remaining slots are expected to be filled next AY 2023-2024.

From left, Philip Francisco U. Dy, Executive Vice President of MBFI and GT Foundation Inc. (GTFI) Executive Committee Member, and Aniceto M. Sobrepeña, President of MBFI and GTFI Executive Director, together with Professor Joseph Ryan G. Lansangan, Dean of the UP School of Statistics and Executive Director of UPSCRFI, and Asst. Professor Michael Van B. Supranes, College Secretary of UPSS, signed the ACCESS 4 MOA last April 13, 2023, at the Penthouse, Metrobank Plaza, Makati City.