Friday, May 23, 2014

OWWA-XI grants scholarship to OFW kin

DAVAO CITY, May 23(PIA)  The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration in Davao Region formally forged a contract of agreement with the 12 recipients of its scholarship programs for the school year 2014-2015.

Eduardo  Bellido, regional director-officer-in-charge of the OWWA 11 and Zenobia Caro, chief of the Public Services Division of the OWWA 11 signed the agreement in behalf of the government with the beneficiaries of the Education for Development Scholarship Program and the Congressional Migrant Workers Scholarship Program.

Bellido said the scholarship program assures quality education for the family members of overseas workers, especially those who intend to acquire a baccalaureate degree.

“We hope to assist OFWs in securing one of the reasons why they go abroad which is to help their children earn a college degree,” he said.

Bellido explained the EDSP scholarship grants a student a maximum of P60,000 per school year leading to a five-to-five year course in any college or university.

He said that under the CWSP, a student can avail of P10,000 per semester for actual cost of tuition and other school fees, a monthly stipend of P3,500, book allowance of P1,000 and a clothing allowance of P500.00

Parents welcomed the scholarship program, calling it a big reprieve to their responsibility of giving quality education to their children.

Seven of the 12 grantees opt to enroll at the Ateneo de Davao University while four at the University of the Philippines-Mindanao and one at the University of South-eastern Philippines. 

Bellido said most of the grantees passed the qualifying exams given in September, 2013.

“I vouche for the competence of the grantees whom we have high hopes that they will  graduate with flying colors,” he said.  (PIA 11-Joey Sem G. Dalumpines)

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