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16 JUL 2013
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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. 1494

Introduced by: REPRESENTATIVE MAGNOLIA ROSA ANTONINO NADRES

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is a human development program of
the national government that invests in the health and education of poor households,
particularly children aged zero to 14 years old, The Program, which is patterned after the
conditional cash transfer scheme implemented in other development countries like Mexico
and Brazil, has two-fold objectives namely, social assistance or cash assistance, and social
development or investment in human capital

It is sad to note however that while the Program is intended to break the
intergenerational poverty cycle- that we are poor because we have no education, we have no
education because we are poor, it will not achieve its purpose for the reason that educational
assistance covers only up to universal primary education.

‘The government must not only give fish but must teach the citizens how to fish.
Education is still a ticket to a good station in life. This way eradication of extreme poverty is
not far behind

It is therefore the paramount objective of this bill to expand the coverage of the
Program by providing a college scholarship program to those high school graduates coming
from the recipients of the 4Ps as certified by the DSWD. This will enable the families to have
at least one family member graduate from college or technical-vocational institution
Certainly, this will help open windows of opportunities to land a better paying upon entering,
the labor force and eventually alleviate their plight or improve their standard of living

The 4Ps now operates in 79 provinces, 1,261 municipalities and 138 key cities
covering around four million in May 2013 and is expected to reach 5.2 million by 2015.

Considering the significant number of poor people who will benefit from this
proposal, approval of the same is earnestly sought

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GNOLIA ROSA ANTONINO NADRES
Representative
Fourth District, Nueva Ecija

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNo._ 1494 _

Introduced by: REPRESENTATIVE MAGNOLIA ROSA ANTONINO NADRES

AN ACT
EXPANDING THE COVERAGE OF THE PANTAWID PAMILYANG PILIPINO
PROGRAM (4Ps) BY PROVIDING GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIP GRANT TO
THE 4Ps BENEFICIARIES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives
of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1, Short Title. — This Act shall be known as the “4Ps Government
Scholarship Grant for University and Technical-Vocational Education Act of 2013.”

SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy, ~ It is hereby declared the policy of the State to
promote and make quality tertiary education accessible to all Filipino citizens, The
complimentary roles of public and private educational institutions, 4Ps including technical
vocational education in the educational system is hereby recognized, Towards this end, the
State shall provide a mechanism to enhance access of high school graduates coming from
qualified beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of the Department
of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)

SEC. 3. Coverage. — The college scholarship grant for degree and non-degree
programs including technical and vocational courses shall be extended only to students
coming from households who are qualified beneficiaries of the 4Ps as certified by the
DSWD.

SEC. 4. Entitlement. ~ The qualified beneficiaries of the Program shall be entitled to
a tuition fee supplement of at least Five thousand pesos per semester. The said amount may
be increased upon approval by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED),

SEC. 5. Terms and Conditions. — The right of qualified beneficiaries to avail the
benefits under this Act shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:

(a) If he fails for one (1) school year in the majority of the academic subjects he has
enrolled during the course of his study unless such failure is due to some valid
reason beyond his control; and


(b) If he enrolls for the first time, or transfers outside of the region where he is
residing unless the course is a priority course as determined by the CHED and is
not offered in any private school in his Region.

SEC. 6, Rules and Regulations. - The CHED, in consultation with the Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the DSWD, shall issue the
necessary rules and regulations to implement this Act.

SEC. 7. Appropriations. The amount of Three hundred million pesos
(P300,000,000.00) to be administered by CHED is hereby appropriated for its initial
implementation. Such sums as maybe necessary for its continuous implementation shall be
charged against the appropriations of CHED.

SEC. 8. Effectivity Clause. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in any newspaper of general circulation

Approved,