Writer’s Note: This article was published on the blog of Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte  when I was an intern of Communications and Media Office. Miss Grazielle, my “supervisor” helped me a lot with this.

I cannot grab the photos but the the original post was: Gov. Marcos grants 3, 873 scholarships for March, in support of MDGs ~

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The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Office of the Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte (PGIN) reveals that there are 3, 873 recipients of the scholarship grant from Governor Imee Marcos last March. This comes from the office’s accomplishment report on the sector of education.

The project is better known as the Iskolar ni Manang Imee and School Repairs program.

According to Edwin Cariño, project manager of the MDG Office, the objective of the said program is to provide financial assistance of miscellaneous expenses of parents to attain the number two goal which is to “Achieve Universal Primary Education.”

All of the recipients come from MDG schools located in 246 barangays in the province.  The elementary schools scholars will receive 250 pesos per month while high school scholars will receive 450 pesos.

The 3, 873 scholars came from the municipalities of Bacarra, Bangui/Dumalneg, Pagudpud, Pasuquin, Piddig/Carasi, Vintar, Paoay and Pinili.

Governor Imee personally awards every scholarship grant.

“The fund comes from the MDG budget of the province during the month,” says Cariño.

Last February, the 779 recipients came from two MDG schools from the Municipality of Burgos, six from Pasuquin and eight from Sarrat respectively.–Neyzielle Ronnicque R. Cadiz, CMO Intern