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DSWD educ aid beneficiaries reach 257K, mostly tertiary students

FILE: This parent will go home fulfilled after completing her application for educational assistance at the Department of Social Welfare and Development office along Dalupan Street in Sampaloc, Manila. (PNA photo by Alfred Frias)
MANILA – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has provided educational assistance to 257,285 indigent students nationwide as of Monday.
Assistant Secretary Rommel Lopez, in a “Laging Handa” press briefer, shared that the DSWD has already released PHP649 million to beneficiaries after three Saturdays of the nationwide distribution.
He said the agency still has PHP900 million remaining for the educational aid for three more Saturdays until September 24.
“Naniniwala pa po tayo na sapat pa po ito hanggang sa ating huling payout po sa September 24 (We believe the remaining fund will cover for the distribution until our last payout on September 24),” he added.
Those who are in college or taking up vocational courses account for most of the beneficiaries at 85,000, as of the most recent data.
Lopez said indigent students who have no access to online registration were included in the distribution on September 3 through the assistance of local government units.
“Ito nga po nitong huling payout natin ay inilalaan natin doon po talaga sa walang access sa internet at walang access po sa gadgets (Our last payout was dedicated for those without access to the internet or gadgets),” he said.
The education aid through the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation program started August 20.
“This will help students in their school needs such as fees, supplies, projects, allowance, and other school-related expenses,” DSWD Secretary Erwin Tulfo previously said.
The beneficiary must be either of the following: breadwinner, working student, child of a solo parent, child of a repatriated or in-distress overseas worker, child of a parent/parents with human immunodeficiency virus, orphan, child of jobless parents, victim of abuse, or victim of calamity.

Rene Rose Oriol
September 5, 2022 at 11:55 PM
Sana yung higit na nangangailangan at karapat dapat ang mabigyan ng Educational assitance. Andaming pumila nagtiis, nagutom at araw2x pumupunta sa opisina ng DSWD.dapat nagbahay bahay na lang ang mga empleyado ng DSWD at isa isang inertibyu ang pamilyang qualified sa Educational assitance marami kci nalilito kung saaan makikita yung link na DSWD, ndi lhat ng magulang ay marunong gumamit ng bagong teknolohiya lalo na yung mga nasa liblib na lugar.at mga walang access sa Internet. NapakaSwerte ng mga kabataan ngayon dahil may ganitong programa ang ating pamahalaan. Dahil dito ay mas marami ng makakapag-aral at makakatulong sa kanilang pamilya.Noong panahon nmin ay sariling sikap. Kung wala kang pera at mahirap ka ay ndi ka makakapag aral.
Sa mga Estudyante at mga kabataan. Mag aral kayong mabuti. Gamitin nyu sa tamang paraan ang binigay na tulong ng ating Pamahalaan. Dahil ang Edukasyon ang magiging tulay upang makamit ang inyong mga Pangarap ito ang daan patungo sa magandang kinabukasan at pag asenso sa buhay.