SOUTHERN LEYTE, Nov. 12 (PIA) -- A total of 1,014 new student-grantees from Southern Leyte State University (SLSU) have started to receive their Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES) stipend on Monday, November 9.
Each student-grantee from all campuses received a check worth P20,000 for the first semester of Academic Year 2019-2020, an SLSU post online stated.
The total number of grantees are distributed into six (6) campuses as follows: 126 each for San Juan and Tomas Oppus campuses; 101 for Maasin City Campus; 97 for Hinunangan Campus; 68 for Bontoc Campus, and a total of 496 grantees from SLSU Main Campus in Sogod, this province.
Meanwhile, from July to August 2020, the same amount of checks were distributed to 1,572 continuing TES grantees from in different campuses, the report stated.
The distribution went as follows: 818 for SLSU Main Campus in the municipality of Sogod; 215 for Tomas Oppus Campus; 158 for San Juan Campus; 145 in Bontoc Campus; 128 for Maasin City Campus; and 108 for Hinunangan Campus.
The said stipend given to these students was also intended for the same semester for the AY 2019-2020.
The distribution, however, was through their respective local government units due to health protocols and border restrictions brought by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The TES is a government grants-in-aid program made possible through RA 10931 that gives P60,000 per school year to financially-needy students in different municipalities. It is used by student-grantees to pay their school fees, among other miscellaneous and education expenses. (ldl/rgc/PIA8-Southern Leyte)
Source: Philippines Information Agency (pia.gov.ph)
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