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No more Capitol scholarship for studes in private schools?

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July 18, 2025

Cebuano college students enrolled in private universities in Cebu province will soon no longer be eligible to apply for the Capitol’s college scholarship program, following a proposed amendment to the existing ordinance governing the Cebu Province Grants Intended for Tertiary Students (CP-GIFTS).

- — Jonnavie Villa/LPM

This, as 2nd District Board Member Raymond Joseph D. Calderon, chairman of the Committee on Education of the 17th Sangguniang Panlalawigan, introduced a proposed ordinance amending Sections 4 and 6 of Ordinance No. 2022-01.

The measure was approved on first reading during the provincial board’s regular session held on July 14, 2025.

The amendment seeks to limit the scope of the CP-GIFTS ordinance, originally enacted in 2020, by removing eligibility for students enrolled in private higher education institutions and retaining it only for students studying in state universities and colleges (SUCs).

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