Published on: April 30, 2023
By Marcelo Pedalino
MAASIN CITY (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is offering a scholarship grant for children of fisherfolk whose names and pumpboats are duly listed in the municipal, city agriculture, and BFAR offices.
This was learned during the joint second meeting of the Provincial Technical Education and Skills Development Committee (PTESDC) and the Poverty Reduction, Livelihood and Employement Cluster (PRLEC) of the Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC), Thursday, April 27, at the old DPWH function hall.
Under the BFAR scholarship grant, quaflied K12 graduates in any track with 80% general average who are interested to take up Bachelor of Science in Fisheries are privileged to have P5,000 allowance per semester, another P2,000 book allowance per semester, and still another P2,000 as miscellaneous allowance.
A P7,000 for thesis allowance can be enjoyed, when time comes that the students will dig deeper on his/her studies a thesis will be part of the requirements.
In addition, children of shell gatherers and fish laborers are also qualified to apply, as long as they meet the general criteria for eligibility, such as a general weighted average not lower than 80%, among others, said Libert Eway of BFAR during the joint PTESDC-PRLEC meeting.
Based on the BFAR guidelines, the applicant must be not more than 25 years old at the time of the examination, and has not earned any units in college.
For high school graduate applicants who completed their high school under the old curriculum, the general weighted average shall not be lower than 80% also, the guideline said.
Interested individuals may visit the BFAR website or FB Page for more details. (MMP with MGS/PIA Southern Leyte)
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