57 deserving students get BARP scholarship

By Nars Padilla

BAGUIO CITY -- A cast of 57 qualified and deserving students will enjoy full scholarship this year from the Blessed Association of Retired Persons Foundation, Inc. in partnership with benefactors.

This was announced by BARP’ president-CEO Federico Balanag last week while acknowledging with deep gratitude and appreciation support of sponsors.

For school year 2011-2012 a new group of 24 student- beneficiaries are enrolled in different college courses at the Benguet State University, at La Trinidad, Benguet, courtesy of Congresswoman Emmeline Aglipay of the DIWA Party List.

Rep. Aglipay together with Balanag and Dr. Juliet Bagano, chairperson of BARP students scholarship committee will present the scholarship certificates to students during the foundation’s general assembly set at the Burnham Athletic Oval Bleechers on May 28.

The lady lawmaker is also the guest of honor and speaker for the occasion.

In consonance with provisions of the scholarship, each student will receive P5,000 for miscellaneous expense per semester aside from enjoying full payment of their tuition.

In related development, a group of ten students are also under the foundation’s scholarship offering sponsored by Rep. Bernardo Vergara.

The names of the successful applicants from the list submitted by the BARP will be known next week.

The scholars are either children or grandchildren of bonafide members of the BARP foundation with good standing according to Balanag.

The first batch of 24 academic scholars under the foundation’s sponsorship started last year.

They were enrolled at University of Baguio, University of the Cordilleras, BSU or at the Data Center. One graduated from the National Institute of Information Technology last year after finishing a computer technology course.

Another student now enrolled at BSU for a mass communication degree is sponsored by BARP member Evangeline Ariaga.