MARAWI
CITY, Lanao del Sur, March 31 (PIA) ---- The Autonomous Region in
Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) has awarded full college scholarships to the top
10 graduates of the Hadji Salik Kalaing National High School in barangay
Tukanalipao, Mamamasapano town, Maguindanao on Monday, March 30.
ARMM
Governor Mujiv Hataman said the scholarship grant is part of their
efforts to invest in the education of deserving youths in the region,
especially those in conflict-affected communities.
He said
the graduates from Tukanalipao are the first group of recipients of
ARMM’s Academic Investment for Muslim Mindanao (AIMM) scholarship
program, which entitles grantees full four-year scholarship in the
college or university of their choice.
Aside from the tuition and miscellaneous fees covered by AIMM, scholars are also entitled to receive transportation allowance.
Hataman
personally handed the scholarship grants during Monday’s graduation
ceremony, where he delivered an inspiration speech.
He
emphasized the importance of education in attaining peace and urged the
49 graduates to pursue their dreams no matter the odds.
Class
valedictorian, Norombai Utto, 17, said she wishes that every day is a
graduation day because there is no military operation.
In
her valedictory address, she said: “Itigil po ninyo ang gyera. Sa halip
na kaguluhan ang inyong suportahan, sana po sa edukasyon po kayo
mamuhunan, at nang kaalaman at hindi takot ang maging pundasyon ng
kapayapaan ng ating bayan.”
In addition to the scholarship
grant, ARMM also provided P600,000 worth of books to the Hadji Salik
Kalaing National High School and would be putting up a P3.5 million,
three-classroom building as part of the school’s rehabilitation. (Bureau
of Public Information-ARMM/PIA-10)
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