PGMA underscores importance of education
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in a statement she delivered at the Malacañang’s Aguinaldo State Dining Room underscored the importance of education as an opportunity to improve every Filipino’s life.
“Education is the ticket to a better life,” the President said before she received the Task Force for Education report on the state of education in the country.
In an interview with ABS-CBN’s weekend news program, two of the three children presented by President Arroyo during her 2001 SONA are now enjoying the promised education scholarship by the President.
After eight years, Erwin, Jason and Jomar all from Payatas who wrote the President asking for scholarship through the instrumental “bangkang papel” are grateful to the President for a fulfilled promise.
“Lubos po akong nagpapasalamat sa mahal na Presidente,dahil kung hindi po sa kanya, wala po ako sa katayuan ko ngayon, Erwin, now a 2nd year college student said in the vernacular.
Erwin also denied allegations that the scholarship and support from the government stopped saying that until today, he continues to enjoy the scholarship from the President.
While Jomar, 18 year old Information Technology student also thanked the President not only for the scholarship but also for the help extended to his parents.
President Arroyo disclosed that the topics to be discussed in her State of the Nation Address include: national security, the economy, social service, infrastructure and more.
“We take the SONA very seriously. Our people deserve to know what our government is doing, how the money is spent and what our priorities for the nation are,” the President added. (PIA/EAD)