Scholars told to ‘pass it forward’

Third District Representative Alfredo Benitez, along with other officials, with the scholars of the district (Contributed Photo)
Third District Representative Alfredo Benitez, along with other officials, with the scholars of the district (Contributed Photo)

THE best way to show your gratefulness and appreciation for the education assistance program is to “pass it forward.”

This was the advice of Third District Representative Alfredo “Albee” Benitez to some 1,886 students, the Metro third Skolars, from the district who gathered Sunday, September 16, at the Silay City plaza covered court for the Second Tulong-Dunong Program Orientation and Dialogue.

Benitez has partnered with the Commission on Higher Education (Ched) since 2010 for the implementation of the Tulong-Dunong Program, an educational assistance for college students.

Philippine Women’s University president and Benitez’s younger brother, Jose Francisco Benitez, was the guest speaker. He reminded the scholars to finish and graduate; to always look back to those who have helped; to help uplift the community from poverty.

A performance report on the program and orientation on guidelines was given by Ched Education Supervisor II Maria Karen Grecia-Zaldivar.

Also present were the scholarship coordinators of the colleges and universities where the education assistance grantees are enrolled.

The partner-schools are Bago City College, Bacolod City College, Binalbagan Catholic College, Carlos Hilado Memorial State College, Cedar, Central Philippine Adventist College, Central Philippine State University, Colegio de Sta. Ana Victorias, Colegio de San Agustin Bacolod, John B, Lacson Colleges Foundation Bacolod, La Carlota City College, La Consolacion College Bacolod, Northern Negros State College of Science and Technology, Philippine Normal University-Visayas, Riverside College, Silay Institute, STI-West Negros University, Technological University of the Philippines, University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos, University of St. La Salle-Bacolod, University of the Philippines-Visayas, and Visayan Maritime Academy Global College.

Beneficiaries for the school year 2018-2019 include 302 for E.B. Magalona, 325 from Murcia, 449 from Silay, 270 from Talisay, 340 from Victorias; and 200 new grantees.

The office of Benitez also reported of covering a total of 14,286 grantees for three Ched programs since 2010 - Priority Development Assistance Fund-Educational Assistance, Special Study Grant Program for Congressional Districts, and the Student Financial Assistance Program-Tulong Dunong Program.

Also present during the September 16 orientation program were Vice Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, Silay City Mayor Mark Golez, Murcia Mayor Andrew Montelibano and Vice Mayor Gerardo Rojas, Victorias Mayor Francis Frederick Palanca, E.B. Magalona Councilors Jovie Madalag, Joey Pugales, Boy Gamboa, Jun Gomed, Gelit Parcon, and Eric Matulac, and several barangay officials from the Third District.

A forum for concerns and clarifications was a highlight of the program, capped by a raffle draw with 30 students winning a laptop each. (PR)

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