MARAWI
CITY, Lanao del Sur, May 21 (PIA) --- The Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao (ARMM) will be providing scholarships to top high school
graduates in the region starting June 2015 as part of the regional
government’s educational assistance to deserving youths.
John
Louie Balagot, regional governor Mujiv S. Hataman’s deputy executive
secretary, said all valedictorian high school graduates from public and
private schools in the region are eligible to avail of the ARMM’s
Academic Investment for Muslim Mindanao (AIMM) scholarship.
More than 400 top graduates are expected to benefit from the scholarship program this coming academic year.
“Ang
gusto ng ating Regional Governor Mujiv S. Hataman ay mabigyan ng direct
assistance ang ating mga deserving na kababayan to ensure their college
schooling (Gov. Mujiv S. Hataman wants direct assistance extended to
deserving students to ensure their college education),” Balagot said.
Norombai
Utto, 17, class valedictorian of Hadji Salik Kalaing National High
School was in the first batch of recipients of AIMM scholarship. Utto,
who lives with her aunt due to financial constraints, will receive
P10,000 every semester for four years in college.
Planning
to take Bachelor of Science in Education at the Mindanao State
University (MSU) – Maguindanao, she expressed gratitude for the
scholarship granted by the ARMM government.
“Malaking
tulong po talaga sa aming pamilya ang scholarship na binigay ni Governor
Hataman (The scholarship made possible by Gov. Hataman is of great help
to us),” she said.
Utto added she will strive more as a scholar in response to the regional government’s support for her college education.
Meanwhile,
ISKOLAR – the flagship scholarship program of the regional government
that started in 2012 continues to provide educational assistance to 593
beneficiaries.
Full-merit undergraduate scholars numbering
234, and half-merit scholars, now at 302, receive P10,000 and P5,000,
respectively, every semester to defray their expenses. Assistance
amounting to P10,000 is also given to 57 graduate degree program
beneficiaries.
“We are doing our best in order to provide
assistance to our constituents,” Balagot said. He emphasized the
scholarship program’s benefits entail responsibilities and compliance
with requirements by the beneficiaries for timely and full enjoyment of
their scholarships.
“We would like to underscore that this
program is a partnership between the ARMM government and the students
themselves. We are monitoring their performance from time to time,”
Balagot added.
A memorandum of agreement has to be signed
by the scholars “because we also want them to be responsible,” he said.
(Bureau of Public Information-ARMM/APB/PIA-10)
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