Ifugao sets educational fund for poor SK execs

By Vency D. Bulayungan

LAGAWE, Ifugao -- The provincial government has established an educational assistance program for poor but deserving Sangguniang Kabataan officials enrolled in state colleges  in the province.

Board member Robert Humiwat, co-author of the ordinance establishing the educational assistance program,  said P2,000.00 per semester shall be paid to the grantee upon submission of proof of enrollment in a state college or university in the province.

“The assistance may be able to help the SK officials cope up with the increasing prices of school supplies, boarding house rentals, and other student needs,” Humiwat said.

There shall be one SK grantee per municipality who shall be selected by the officers of the SK in the municipality.

The name of the grantee shall be forwarded to the Office of the Provincial SK Federation for approval and endorsement to the provincial governor through the human resource management officer.

The financial assistance shall be terminated on the following grounds: when the grantee has ceased to be an SK official,  failed to pursue his  tertiary education,  has a failing grade, dropped or shifted course, has not enrolled the full or maximum required subjects for the semester, and  committed unlawful  or immoral acts.

The fund shall be charged under the 20 percent development fund of the provincial government.