College students in Anda get financial help
ANDA– Hundreds of students in the lone tertiary school in this town received a financial grant from the provincial government.
Governor Amado Espino Jr. handed over almost P1.4 million in fund assistance to the 368 (first to fourth year college) students of the private Christian school, Asbury College.
“Education is important, this is the best equalizer you have in life. You must study well,” Espino told the students.
Scholarship program coordinator and school registrar Veronica Celeste said the financial grant to the indigent students covers their tuition fees.
Meanwhile, 1st District Rep. Jesus Celeste urged the students to encourage more of their peers to apply for scholarship being offered by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) scholarship program.
The scholarship program for the Asbury College was started by Celeste using his Priority Development Assistance Fund.
“Hindi man namin maibalik through financial ‘yong tulong niyo but sa pamamagitan ng pagtulong din po sa iba gaya ng pagtuturo,” said Ray Mark Casulla, a former scholar who is now a secondary teacher at Asbury College.
Asbury was founded in 1947 but it was only this school year that enrolment in the college level reached over 600.–Johanne R. Macob
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