Ifugao town provides educational assistance to marginalized studes

By Marcelo B. Lihgawon

HUNGDUAN, Ifugao  - - The Sangguniang Bayan  here has crafted an ordinance sustaining an education assistance program to indigent students of the municipality.

           

Known as the  'Hungduan Assistance to Poor, Interested and Deserving Students (HAPIDS)', this  will help beneficiaries attain their educational goals.

           

The  SB  led by vice-mayor John Hangdaan said  it  is the policy of the local government  of Hungduan to provide opportunities especially to poor but deserving students who are interested in finishing their high school and college education through grants and scholarship.

           

“To help them, the LGU shall establish an education assistance program to cater to the needs of qualified indigent students from the nine barangays of the municipality,” Hangdaan said.

           

Benefits include P500 for payment of miscellaneous fees for each high school grantee and P2,000 per semester for college grantees  for tuition and miscellaneous fees.

           

The financial assistance shall be automatically discontinued if grantees have a grade of lower than 80 percent, commit crime, drop out and gross income of their family exceeds P45,000.