“Isulat ang at least 20 mga pangalan ng mga tao na puwede
mong himukin o hikayatin na sumama sa magandang layunin ng ating lalawigan sa
pamamagitan ni Nanay at Ate Gina,” the PIS form states.
The same PIS form are filled out by those seeking employment or medical assistance.
‘Ate Gina’ referred to in the PIS form is Regina Victoria O.
Reyes, a lawyer. She currently holds no position in the provincial government
but has assumed the responsibility of turning over the cash payments to
grantees. As a must, grantees are accompanied by a parent when claiming the scholarship grant. The amount
of cash, anywhere from P 3,000 to P 5,000 are paid at the Governor’s
residence in Boac. “Himukin o hikayatin na sumama sa magandang layunin”
apparently refers to the fact that the governor’s daughter has recently filed
her certificate of candidacy for the position of Congressman of Marinduque.
Gov. Reyes has, likewise, filed her bid for another second term as governor.
Meanwhile, in Bukidnon, scholarship applicants must be high
school graduates who belong to the upper 10% of the graduating class with no
failing grade in any subject in the senior year as certified by the high school
principal and must have passed the college admission test with a grade of 85%
and above or its equivalent to qualify. In Cebu province, college scholarships
are awarded to the top 10 of the graduating class from public high schools for
students whose family income must not be higher than P220 daily. Additional
incentives are given to graduates, those who graduate with honors and Dean’s
awardees.
In Batangas, Benguet and Pangasinan, similar scholarship
programs are undertaken by the provincial government to indigent but qualified
grantees to enable them to have access to quality education.
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