The Gaya Polytechnic Merit Award is a fixed value given to students who have shown outstanding academic performance. It comprises an amount equal to five times the value of the minimum wage established at the beginning of the school year in which it is awarded.
Candidates are ranked and selected ranked in descending order according to the average (simple average, rounded in hundredths) of the marks obtained in all curricular units that integrate the curriculum of the school year the student was enrolled in prior to their application to this scholarship.