A young girl from the mountain village of Malibatuan in Arakan town is on the way to fulfilling her dream of earning a college degree from the country’s premiere state university with the help of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan.

In a letter to Board Member Rodrigo Escudero (2nd District, North Cotabato), Chairman of the SP Committee on Education, 18-year old Keizel Fernando asked the Sangguniang Panlalawigan to endorse her as a nominee of the province for the “Iskolar ng Bayan” ladderized curriculum program of the University of the Philippines-Manila in Palo, Leyte.

The provincial board granted her request in a resolution passed upon the motion of BM Escudero in last Tuesday’s 100th SP Regular Session.

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