Section 3
SEC. 3. There is hereby created a State Scholarship Council which shall have as its principal .function and shall possess the authority to consolidate, integrate, systematize, administer, and implement all programs of government scholarships, whether national, provincial, or municipal, as well as private scholarships which may be entrusted to it. In connection with the administration and implementation of the state scholarships established in section 1 hereof, the Council shall exercise and perform the following specific powers and duties: To prescribe such tests, standards, or criteria which candidates for state scholarships shall attain and maintain as will insure that they are specially gifted in the particular fields chosen by them; To determine the number of state scholars and the various courses of study open for state scholarships, taking into account the needs of Philippine society for men of knowledge and competence in the different fields of activities; To select the colleges and universities which shall be qualified to enroll state scholars, considering their standards, faculties, libraries, equipment, and facilities; To screen and approve candidates for state scholarships in accordance with sections 1 and 2 hereof, To approve or fix the different expenses which shall be allowed the individual state scholars as provided in section 1 hereof and authorize the payment thereof out of the sum or sums appropriated by law or contributed from other sources for the purpose. In connection with the administration and imputation of the other government scholarships, as well as the private scholarships entrusted to it, the Council shall exercise and perform the specific powers and duties provided in paragraph (b) above insofar as they are applicable and all the powers and duties provided in the laws orders, resolutions ordinances, and other instruments establishing the said scholarships. In addition to the powers and duties mentioned in paragraphs (b) and (c) above, the Council shall exercise and perform the following powers and duties: To seek assistance from foundations, foreign governments and agencies, international entities and bodies, and oilier sources for the support of any or all programs of scholarships placed in its charge; To assist in the placement and employment of all the graduates who have been trained under the scholarship programs administered by it; Subject to the civil service law, rules and regulations, to employ officers and employees that it may deem necessary, fix their compensation and other benefits, and prescribe their powers and duties: In general, to do such acts, adopt such measures, enter into such arrangements, or issue such rules and regulations as may be proper for the consolidation, integration, systematization, administration, and implementation of all programs of scholarships mentioned in paragraph (a) above and for the effective carrying out of the Provisions of this Act, including the allocation and payment of funds appropriated by law or contributed from other sources for scholarship purposes.