Applying for the NZAS Scholarship

Once you get an unconditional offer from a participating New Zealand university, then you can proceed with your application for the NZAS Scholarship. Here are the things that you have to do:

1. Get a certified true copy of your birth certificate. For this you go to the NSO.
2. Get a certified true copy of the personal pages of your Philippine passport. You should go to the Office of Consular Affairs of the DFA on Diosdado Macapagal Ave. at ASEANA Complex, Paranaque.
3. Get a certified true copy of your academic transcript. Make sure it's in english.
4. Get a certified true copy of your diploma.
5. Take the IELTS or TOEFL. Submit the original test result. It should not be more than 2 years old. Allocate around P10,000.00 for this test.
6. Request for a Job Description from your office's HR department.
7. Submit your resume/curriculum vitae.
8. Get 3 reference letters. One should come from your employer. Another from your teacher. And the last, from a relevant government office or NGO.
9. Write an essay describing the knowledge you want to gain from the study. Make sure it's 500 words.
10. Write another essay describing how the study will enable you to contribute to the development of the country. Also 500 words.
11. For Masters and PhD, write a third essay outlining your proposed research topic. Also 500 words.

Don't forget to make photocopies. Once you've completed these documents, you submit them, along with your application form to Bato Balani Foundation:

New Zealand ASEAN Scholars awards
c/o Bato Balani Foundation, Inc.
6F, PDCP Bank Centre
Rufino cor. Leviste Streets
Salcedo Village, Makati
1227 Philippines

The deadline for submission for SY 2014 is 15 July 2013.