Questions raised over implementation of Capiz’s scholarship program

ILOILO CITY — A Capiz provincial board member has alleged that former governor Esteban Evan Contreras’ administration did not follow the provincial ordinance on scholarships for students.

Board Member Thea Faith Reyes (1st district), chairperson of the provincial board’s education committee, said that the number of “Private Merit” scholarships ballooned to 1,514 under Contreras in excess of the maximum of 250 as mandated by the ordinance.

Numbers also swelled under the Educational Financial Assistance Program (EFAP), which had 970, well over the ordinance’s allocation of 500.

Reyes bared that they also did not find any documents under the “Public Merit” program, which refe…

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