CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Some 654 students from the Third District received a total of P3.6 million worth of scholarship assistance from Third District representative and Deputy Speaker Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales Jr. on Saturday, August 3.
The recipients are among the thousands of scholarship beneficiaries under the “Iskolar ng Dong” program.
The beneficiaries included students from the City of San Fernando and from the towns of Arayat, Bacolor, Mexico and Sta. Ana.
All the scholars are taking up Bachelor of Science courses in different colleges and universities in Pampanga.
The scholarship fund is part of the second batch of scholarship assistance for the first semester of the current school year.
Gonzales said the “Iskolar ng Dong” program has gone a long way, in the sense that hundreds of students have already graduated from their four-year, two-year and vocational courses through its help.
“The scholarship program will continue in the coming years, with more funding and more students benefiting from the program. Our aim is to put more students in school as long as they have the dedication and the drive to finish schooling,” Gonzales said.
Gonzales also urged the hundreds of student beneficiaries to strive for better grades and to take their studies seriously. He also urged the parents to help in their children’s education by providing them with proper guidance.
“The education of these children is not just the obligation of the school or of the government. It is also the obligation of [the] parents and the whole community. I for one dedicate myself in helping in their education,” Gonzales added.