By Leilanie G. Adriano
Staff reporter
LAOAG CITY—In Ilocos Norte,
at least two of the 65 graduating college students of the Pantawid Pamilyang
Pilipino Program (4Ps) under the Expanded Students Grants in-aid Program for
Poverty Alleviation (ESGP-PA) graduated at the state-run Mariano Marcos State
University on April 5 with Latin honors.
Jaesem Ryan Gaces, Pantawid
Pamilya Information Officer of the Department of Social Welfare and Development
Office in Region 1 said the department takes pride of the achievements of its
4Ps scholarship grantees.
Sheena Mae Acierda from Batac
City and Melody Bayded from Paoay town are among the 65 student-grantees who
will march at the sunken garden of the Batac University on Tuesday. Both Mss.
Acierda and Bayded who finished Bachelor of Science in Elementary education are
graduating as cum laude.
ESGP-PA is a college
scholarship program of DSWD, Commission on Higher Education (CHED), and
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries.
Under the program, a
student-grantee is entitled to a maximum grant of Php 60,000 per school year or
P30,000 per semester for tuition and other school fees, textbooks or other
learning materials, and stipend.
According to Mr. Gaces,
graduating student-grantees are set to convene at the DSWD Regional Office
after their graduation in San Fernando, La Union to honor their achievement
while proving that they are worthy of the government’s investment.
With a budget allocation of
Php 2.5 billion from the Department of Budget and Management, the program aims
to contribute to the national government’s thrusts to alleviate poverty by
increasing the number of graduates in higher education among poor households
and to get these graduates employed in high-value added occupations.
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