BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN
The provincial government of Negros Occidental is offering Information Technology (IT) scholarship grants to 100 incoming Negrense college students for school year 2022-2023.
This was after Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Malayan Colleges Laguna, Inc, a Mapua School, for the Abanse Negrense IT and Business Scholarship at the MMDC Learning Hub of Ayala Malls Capitol Central in Bacolod City.
As stipulated under the scholarship program, Negrenses will be able to take up IT and Business Administration courses at Mapua School’s unit, Mapua Malayan Digital College (MMDC), a fully online college with a core focus on technology and business.
It is directed towards digital-first education in technology and business to make quality education accessible, affordable, and flexible, to pave way for in-demand employment.
Lacson said that the scholarship program is a big step towards the provincial government’s goal of making education accessible, particularly in the field of business and technology, to the less privileged but deserving Negrense students.
He also thanked Malayan for opening its doors to Negrense students and for choosing Negros Occidental to be their first learning hub in the Visayas.
Present in the MOA signing were Malayan Colleges Laguna, Inc. President, Dr. Dodjie Maestrecampo, Executive Director, Engr. Dennis Tablante, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz, and Karen Dinsay, head of the Negros Occidental Scholarship Program Division.*
