College studes get Garin school aid
Continued college educational assistance extended by Iloilo First District Congresswoman Janette Loreto Garin will benefit anew over 800 Ilonggo students.
From 320 in last year’s record, the figure has nearly tripled now. This, as the lady solon reached out to college students enrolled in various city colleges and universities in both city and province of Iloilo.
The distribution is set Sunday with Congresswoman Garin set to lead the release of educational assistance pegged at P1,000 for each student-beneficiary.
Dubbed the "Garin scholars," the assistance started back in the start of school year 2008 and to date has helped some 2,000 college students of her district.
First district towns include Oton, Tigbauan, Guimbal, Tubungan, Igbaras, San Joaquin and Miag-ao.
Representative Garin has since stressed the importance of education and kept the educational assistance in her list of priority programs.
“Every year we see an increase in our beneficiaries and I am gladdened by this development. We want to be able to help more of our deserving students and their families. One of the greatest accomplishments the First District is the high literary rate here. I take honor and is very proud of that,” Congresswoman Garin said.