San
Fernando City, La Union—Once again, the
Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Regional Welfare Office I (OWWA RWOI)
scholars proved that they are now ready to face the professional world as they
are now licensed educators and registered nurse.
Four scholars recently passed
the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) administered on September 30, 2018
and one scholar passed the Nursing Licensure Examination (NLE) conducted last
November 17 & 18, 2018.
Among the LET passers are
Julia Mae C. Agustin, Louise Casey C. Murao, John Carlo A. Manabat and John
Bert A. Peralta.
Ms. Agustin was a scholar
under the OFW Dependent Scholarship (ODSP) while Messrs. Murao, Manabat and
Peralta were under the Education and Livelihood Assistance Program (ELAP).
On the other hand, registered
nurse Jenalyn P. Raguini became an OWWA scholar through the Enhanced ODSP.
Ms. Agustin earned her
college degree at the University of Pangasinan in Dagupan City, Pangasinan. She
is the daughter of Minda C. Agustin who works as a household service worker in
Saudi Arabia.
Messrs. Murao and Manabat are
both graduates of Saint Louis College in San Fernando City, La Union. Mr. Murao’s
late father Romualdo I. Murao was a seaman and worked as a bosun. Mr. Manabat,
a Magna Cum Laude graduate, is the son of the late Jualito Manabat who was an
engineer in Saudi Arabia.
Mr. Peralta, the last scholar
LET passer, graduated from Urdaneta City University in Pangasinan. Her mother,
the late Estela A. Peralta, worked at Hongkong as a household service worker.
OWWA RWOI’s Ms. Raguini
finished her nursing degree at the University of Northern Luzon in Vigan City
Ilocos Sur. She is the pride of her mother Amelisa P. Raguini who is in
Hongkong as a domestic worker.
The scholars are thankful to
OWWA for all the support extended to them not just in their schooling but also
in every encouragement they received from the OWWA RWOI’s Education and
Training Unit.
“Without OWWA I won’t be
standing to where I am right now. The scholarship was a big help not just for
me but especially to my parents who sends me to school”, Agustin said
expressing her gratitude to OWWA. She also hopes that OWWA could help more OFW
children through the agency’s scholarship programs.
OWWA offers scholarship
programs to children of active OWWA members. The scholarship programs include
Education for Scholarship Program (EDSP), Overseas Filipino Worker Dependent
Scholarship Program (ODSP), Education and Livelihood Assistance Program (ELAP)
and Congressional Migrant Workers Scholarship Program (CMWSP).
OWWA has also scholarships
for OFWs and their qualified dependents who wants to take tech-voc courses
through Skills for Employment Scholarship Program (SESP) while sea-based OFWs
may avail Seafarers’ Upgrading Program (SUP). (OWWA)
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