Published January 30, 2021, 7:40 PM
To help aspiring doctors to finish their education despite the financial constraints brought by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Marikina City has granted medical scholarship to six qualified residents, who after passing the Physician Licensure Exam, are required to serve in the city as doctors of the local government.
The Medical Scholarship Board is composed of the mayor as chairman, the vice mayor as the vice chairman, and the chairman on the Committee on Education of the City Council. (JEL SANTOS/ MANILA BULLETIN)
Mayor Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro said that, under the “Libreng Pag-aaral sa Pag Dodoktor para sa mga Marikeño” scholarship program, two medical students from Marikina have qualified for the Gold Scholarship Grant which entitles them to receive a P150,000 educational assistance each.