By Che Palicte
DAVAO CITY – The city government and the Commission on Higher Education
(CHED) opened about 9,500 scholarship slots for all tertiary students, the city
hall said in a statement Saturday.
The initiative is under the High Priority Bus System’s (HPBS)
"Tulong Dunong Program" offered to children of public utility jeepney
(PUJ) drivers affected by the public transport modernization system.
However, the city government here has asked CHED to give the other
slots to qualified college students.
Commissioner Norman Baloro, the spokesperson of the Tulong Dunong
Program, said the project is a four-year scholarship grant that provides
PHP7,500 per semester for four academic years.
For the remaining slots, Baloro said priority will be given to Davao
City residents, children of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have lost
their job, repatriated, and local residents who lost their jobs.
“Upon assessment, we cannot utilize the amount if we only base it on
PUJ drivers’ children. Base on our profiling, many children of the PUJ drivers
are not yet at the college level. Out of the 10,000 slots allotted for Davao
City residents, 500 slots were already availed by children of PUJ drivers and
operators,” he said.
He said the scholarship program is also open to those who have not
availed the Eskwela Davao program or any scholarship grant offered by the
government.
Baloro added that students are qualified if their parents’ annual
income does not exceed PHP400,000, and who are enrolled from the school year
2019 to the present in CHED-accredited institutions.
“Interested tertiary students who wish to avail of the scholarship
program can e-mail the following information to tulongdunong.cgd@gmail.com:
complete name, date of birth, sex, complete address, school enrolled, course,
year level during the school year 2019-2020, father’s name ad occupation,
mother’s maiden name, and occupation, contact number, and email address,” he
said.
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