ILOILO City – The city government’s scholars who will graduate senior high school (SHS) as valedictorian or salutatorian or any of its equivalents are exempted from taking entrance examinations for college.
This was formalized after the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP), during its regular session on June 5, approved the amendment on Section 4 of Regulation Ordinance No. 2020-106 entitled “An ordinance creating the Educational Financial Assistance Program for College Students in Iloilo City.”
Section 4 of the ordinance provides the qualification for program scholars.
“The scholar must have obtained a final equivalent rating of eighty percent (80%) or above in his/her scores in the competitive examination to be conducted by the Commission (on Higher Education)…,” read part of the amended section.
However, it further stipulates that “if the scholar is duly certified as a valedictorian or salutatorian or any of its equivalents of a senior high school in Iloilo City, he or she be exempt from taking the competitive examination or complying with the final equivalent rating requirement.”
Mayor Jerry Treñas thanked the SP members who voted for the amendment of said Scholarship Ordinance.
“We should reward those who are achievers. Salamat gid sa tanan nga nag boto fabor,” the city mayor said. (Iloilo City PIO)/PN
