President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo awarded scholarship certificates to 1,500 incoming college freshmen under the “One Town, One Scholar (OTOS) program”.
The OTOS is the fulfillment of the Arroyo government’s objective of providing education for all.
The OTOS program ensures that a deserving high school graduate in every municipality will have a college education. And involves the awarding of four-to-five year scholarships to incoming freshmen who had been selected by the municipality as the “town scholar.”
Stipends of P15,000 per semester will be provided by CHED for SY 2009-2010 and every year thereafter for four to five years, subject to availability of funds in the general appropriations act.
The scholar must enroll only in CHED-identified priority programs and preferably in an SUC in or near the sponsoring municipality. (PIA-MMIO)