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Scholar grants set for school

BONTOC, Mountain Province – Students enrolled at the Mountain Province State Polytechnic College here who are not enjoying any scholarship grant will have the chance to avail of future slots provided they file their intention to be a recipient.

Dr. Nieves A. Dacyon, MPSPC president, bared this, adding the administration is doing its best to look for available scholarships for students.

Earlier, Kalinga Rep. Manuel S. Agyao, caretaker congressman of Mountain province, informed school and student leaders he will try his best to source out funds for the scholarship of the students who were not able to qualify for existing scholarship programs of the school.

With hard times taking its toll in the countryside, Dacyon said students deserve all the support from concerned groups and individuals to help them hurdle the expensive cost of attaining a higher degree of education which they would utilize to help spur economic development in the rural areas where they come from.

At least 2,000 students are currently enjoying the full scholarship program which was institutionalized by the late Rep. Victor S. Dominguez.

Sen. Manuel Villar had also facilitated the release of P7 million worth of scholarship grants to deserving students who are enrolled in various courses offered by the institution in order to provide the needed assistance for poor but deserving students to advance their knowledge and skills for productivity.

According to Dacyon, the application for future scholarships is still open but in case they will qualify with the available funds, their scholarship grants would be effective during the second semester of this school year.

“Education is the best inheritance that we could give our present generation, thus, we are doing our best to establish linkages with various groups and individuals who could support the education of our poor and deserving students,” she stressed.
With the influx of funds for scholarship grants, the MPSPC official cited the school could now implement various programs and projects aimed at improving instruction, research and extension and student development so that the standards of education would be at par with other private and public institutions in the different parts of the country.

Despite the smear campaign being done by some disgruntled sectors in the province against her leadership, Dacyon vowed to continue the implementation of programs, projects and reforms which would bring the institution to greater heights especially with the stiff competition in the education sector.

She branded her critics as irritants to the desire of the youth for better access to education and to become productive citizens of the country that would help contribute in spurring economic development in this landlocked province since the hope of development now lies in the present and future generations. – Dexter A. See