BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya—The provincial government here has offered scholarships to help poor but deserving students pursue college degrees to further develop and sustain the province’s agricultural potential.
The “Pamana” Scholarship Program covers the students’ tuition fee for the duration of the courses required, such as Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Bachelor of Science in Agri-Business, Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science, Bachelor of Science in Home Technology, and Bachelor of Science in Information Technology through the Nueva Vizcaya State University.
The PSP targets 30 scholars this year and the same number in 2018. They would receive free school uniforms, a laptop, P1,000 in monthly allowances, and a P5,000 monthly stipend.
“This scholarship program is designed to develop, improve and sustain the agricultural potential of our province by assisting our poor but deserving students to become development technologists in their own fields of expertise,” said PSP coordinator engineer Jonem Gacad of the Provincial Planning and Development Office.
Gacad said the PSP was conceived with Governor Carlos Padilla’s advocacy that the wealth of Nueva Vizcaya is its own people.
“We need good, inspired and motivated workers for the development of our province. Let us change the impression that there is no economic development in agriculture. In fact, our province depends mainly on agriculture, therefore we need our youth to be involved in these courses because it is needed here,” she said.
The PSP is open to students whose family’s monthly average income is P7,500, whose parents are residents of the province for at least 10 years and are active voters for the previous two elections. Students must have average high school grades of 85 percent or better, have good health and good moral character, are single, have passed the NVSU entrance examinations with high ranks, and are not involved in other scholarship programs.
Applicants will be screened and interviewed through the Public Employment Service Office at the provincial capitol in this town.