Education is very important for us, specially at present and in the future. Nowadays, many companies, or any field of works have high standards and qualifications in terms of accepting employees. It's really hard to find a decent and well-compensated jobs when you did not finished degree/bachelor courses. An exemption "sometimes", are the blue-collar jobs but requires strong and skilled body for hard manual works.
My/our country, Philippines, is still facing this education crisis. Why? Because not all children are sent to school. Some children decided to work at their young age to help their family, some have financial burdens/ problems, others have problems in the location of the schools (for remote areas), and sadly, some doesn't really want to study. As for the parents, most of them are willing to send their children in school but are facing financial problem.
The government and its different agencies are trying to help children to continue learning and to pursue their dreams by offering free tuition fee for public/government schools and even universities, and giving scholarships.
Let me say that I am a proud product of scholarships. I finished my education until my tertiary education (college) by availing different scholarships; local scholarship (given by the provincial government), university scholarships (through academic achievement and university publication) and of course, DOST Scholarship (given by the Department of Science and Technology).
DOST Scholarship is a great help for me, specially for financial needs. If you are interested pursuing Science, Mathematics or Technology courses, this is best for you. For more info. visit their homepage by clicking this link http://www.sei.dost.gov.ph/index.php/programs-and-projects/scholarships/undergraduate-scholarships
E-registration is also ongoing...
https://www.science-scholarships.ph/undergrad_app/#/register
The importance of scholarship in the life of less privileged students can not be overestimated. Governments should try their best to help citizens.