Programang Agraryo Iskolar

The scholarship program of the DAR started in 2003 under the President Diosdado Macapagal Agrarian Scholarship Program (PDMASP). It aims to help dependents attain education to be able to help their parent-beneficiaries improve their standard of living.

A total of 44 grantees from 2003 to 2010, who are dependents of agrarian reform beneficiaries, stood to benefit from a monthly stipend, book allowance, and tuition fee of P1,000, 500, and 2,000 respectively. Thirty-eight of these scholars saw through graduation from various courses such as bachelor in agriculture, science, marine transportation, education, arts, and nursing.

Now renamed into Programang Agraryong Iskolar, the current batch (fifth) has in its fold 16 grantees due to graduate in 2014.

Below are some of the 38 successful grantees under the scholarship program of the DAR. (Please click on pictures to enlarge.)