Tabuk City, Kalinga – Around 74 learners in Kalinga were identified as beneficiaries of the Bayanihan 2 for Basic Education (BBE) Subsidy and Allowances Program, where each received P3,000 allowance to help them cope with the difficulties as a result of the pandemic restrictions.
The beneficiaries came from 7 secondary and 67 elementary learners in the 10 districts of Kalinga Schools Division Office.
A total of P222,000 was allotted for said students hoping to ease their family’s struggles in coping with financial difficulties brought about by work stoppage and closure of establishments due to the community quarantine.
Said assistance came from the P50 million allocated budget benefiting 223 division offices in the country.
BBE Focal person and Budget Officer III Irene Moron of SDO-Kalinga said the distribution was implemented from June 8 to June 22, 2021.
“Per schedule isuna, bale ti nang-distribute ket diay cashier and then ubing ken parents mismo ti mapan summabat idiay nai-set nga schedule,” she said.
Qualified learners were selected based on the guidelines of the Department of Education and BBE subsidy and allowances grants.
The teachers, the program’s focal person said, were given authority by the Superintendent to recommend among their students who were badly affected by the pandemic to be submitted at their district offices.
“First ag-recommend dagidiay teachers ta siyempre suda iti maka-ammu kadagidiay estudyante da, nag-recommend da kadagidiay permi nga affected ngay dituy lockdowns, quarantines and then diay district supervisor isuna ti nang-screen nga isu metten ti in-recommend na iti division office,” Moron said.
She shared that schools prioritized for the program are those considered as Last Mile Schools or those schools that have multi-grade classes, with less than five teachers and composed of less than 100 learners in which more than 75 percent of the population are indigenous people.
Who are qualified for the grant?
To qualify, a student must be enrolled in a DepEd authorized private or public basic education school; belong to a family which is now facing financial difficulties brought about by work stoppage and closure of establishments due to the CQ; belong to a family which is not part of the Listahanan of the DSWD and those not covered by or a present beneficiary of the ESC Program and the SHS VP of DepEd, as provided in RA Nos. 8545, and 10533.
Additionally, the student must also belong to a low-income household. Low income household, DepEd Memorandum No. 020 series of 2021 stated are the following:
those who does not live in a gated condominium, community, and subdivision; or that the student is living in a gated condominium, community, or subdivision which may be considered as a resettlement area, or socialized housing communit5z as defined under RA No. 7279, otherwise known as the "Urban Development and Housing Act of 1991”;
does not have a four-wheel vehicle, or that the student has a four-wheel vehicle which is considered a Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) granted with franchise by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB); and
those that does not have a family member working in government (national or local) under an employment contract, whether occupying a plantilla position or under a service contract.
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