Free college education requested for alternative learning system grads in Palawan

• Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=860605
• Thursday, February 25, 2016

By Celeste Anna R. Formoso [(PNA), LAP/CARF/EDS]

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY (PNA) -- The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Palawan approved Tuesday a resolution that requests Governor Jose Alvarez to help provide free college education for the graduates of the Alternative Learning System (ALS).

“We need to help the poor Palaweño youth, who graduated from the ALS, so they can get college education and have bright futures,” said Board Member Winston Arzaga, who authored the measure.

Arzaga said the ALS graduates can be accommodated under Programang Pang-Edukasyon para sa mga Palaweño (PPP), which is implemented by the IHELP development agenda of Alvarez’s administration.

Education is very important, he said, for the ALS graduates to be able to help their families, and to have good prospects in the future – to become productive individuals.

With the PPP, their college education can be subsidized since its purpose is providing scholarships in public colleges and universities in the province.

“Since the ALS was designed to help poor Filipinos in their education, I pray that its graduates will be included in the roster of provincial government scholars. These kids have been away from school for so long, and giving them free college education under the PPP is like a second chance,” he said.

With the passing of the resolution, Arzaga hopes the PPP to respond positively.