Arayat students get P700,000 scholarship assistance

Monday, February 13, 2012

ARAYAT -- Some 502 students from the Justino Sevilla High School in Barangay Mangga Cacutud and 464 students of Camba High School received over the weekend scholarship assistance from Representative Aurelio Gonzales Jr. amounting to more than P700,000.

Gonzales personally turned over to Justino Sevilla High School principal Carlito Mandap the fund amounting to P451,800.

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Mandap thanked Gonzales for his support to students here who come from poor families.

“We are very thankful to Congressman Gonzales for the support to indigent students. The scholarship assistance is something that the students look forward to each year because the assistance is being given without any grade requirement,” Mandap said.

Gonzales, for his part, said that unlike other scholarships that require a minimum grade requirement among beneficiaries, he has opted to remove the grade requirement under his scholarship program to provide more students the chance to study.

“It should not be that only the poor and intelligent should have the chance to study. All students, whether academically gifted or not, should be given the chance to study. My only requirement is that they pass their subjects and finish their studies,” Gonzales said.

Gonzales added that he only urges the students to be serious in their studies and not to incur failing marks.

He also proceeded to Camba High School where he presented the funding to Principal Domingo Pangan. The funding amounted to P339,150 to cover the fee expenses of the students for the current school year. (IOF)