Some 7, 852 students in Western Visayas received educational assistance during the second payout on Saturday, Aug. 27.
According to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-6), the province and city of Iloilo accounted for most of the beneficiaries with 2,581.
Negros Occidental and Bacolod City came in second with 1,687 beneficiaries, followed by Antique, 1,063; Aklan, 958; Guimaras, 867; and Capiz 696.
The DSWD-6 released a total of P22, 786, 000 in educational cash assistance.
The amount was given to 1, 692 elementary pupils; 1,278 high school students; 989 senior high school students; and 3, 893 college or vocational students.
A qualified elementary pupil is entitled to P1,000, while a high school student will get P2,000. A senior high school student is entitled to PP3,000 and a college or vocational student gets P4,000. Only up to three children per family are entitled to financial aid.
To prevent a repeat of the chaos at distribution sites, the DSWD-6 designated venues per district of each province or per highly urbanized cities.
The agency also disallowed walk-ins and required applicants to register online so they could be notified later through call or text message for their schedule.
On August 20, the first schedule of release of the education assistance, the DSWD-6 disbursed P21.37 million for 5,260 beneficiaries.IMT
