Nine midwifery students who are scholars of the municipal government of Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental, just graduated from the Southland College in Kabankalan City, Moises Padilla Mayor Ella Celestina Garcia-Yulo said on Monday, June 16.
The nine scholars visited Garcia-Yulo at her office to personally thank her on Monday.
One of them, Jonathan D. Yusores Jr., received a proficiency award.
The municipal government through the scholarship program of the mayor provided everything for free — from tuition, uniforms, and boarding, to rice and other necessities of the students.
They will now begin their review for the Board Exam, which will also be fully sponsored by the local government until the day of the examination.
These nine new graduates are the pioneer batch of Mayor Ella’s Midwifery Scholarship Program.
The municipality will again start accepting scholarship applications in the coming months, especially as college and university enrollment season begins.
Garcia-Yulo said that her administration decided to sponsor midwifery students from the town because this is what the locality may need in the years to come as many are retiring and only a few enroll in BS Midwifery.*