Dependents of Agrarian Reform beneficiaries enjoy scholarship program

By MARIVIC ALCOBER (PIA 8)
May 4, 2008

TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte  –  The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is once again calling on dependents of agrarian reform beneficiaries to avail of the President Diosdado Macapagal Agrarian Scholarship Program (PDMASP).  The program gives college education to children and direct descendants of Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program or CARP beneficiaries.

For school year 2008-2009, the different Provincial Agrarian Reform Officers has a number of slots open to those who meet the pre-qualification requirements set by the DAR.

According to DAR, applicants will apply at the Municipal Agrarian Reform Office in their respective areas for an initial interview, after which a final interview will be conducted at the DAR Provincial Office on May 13, 2008.

It was also learned that the implementation of PDMASP is in partnership with state universities and colleges and in line with the 10-point agenda of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to provide educational scholarship to the deserving children of poor families.

DAR bared that the PDMASP is deeply committed in developing a pool of highly motivated, technically equipped and well educated dependents of agrarian reform beneficiaries who are law-abiding citizens that will assume the responsibility for managing the lands awarded to them under CARP.  Further, DAR aims to produce scholars who will serve as agents of change to assist the government in the development and modernization of agriculture and in improving the quality of life in the rural communities.