The Department of Social Welfare and Development distributed P32,670,000 in educational assistance payouts to 11,248 indigent students in Western Visayas on Saturday, September 3.
Of the beneficiaries 2,340 are elementary pupils, 1,896 high school students, 1,510 – senior high school and 5,502 – college, the DSWD reported.
There were 2,793 beneficiaries in Negros Occidental who received P8,477,000. The 497 beneficiaries are elementary pupils, 406 – high school students, 392 – senior high school and 1,498 – college.
The other beneficiaries of the payout in Western Visayas were in Aklan – 1,526 who received P4.1 million, Antique -1,334 – P3.5 million, Capiz -1,202 – P3.1 million, Guimaras 457 – P1.1 million, and Iloilo – 3,936 – P12.2 million.*