CONSIDERING the necessity of the internet as a tool for learning and its rising cost in the Philippines, leading fiber broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc. is launching an internet scholarship program for 10 underprivileged public school students in senior high under the brand name of its postpaid fiber plan BIDA.
CONSIDERING the necessity of the internet as a tool for learning and its rising cost in the Philippines, leading fiber broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc. is launching an internet scholarship program for 10 underprivileged public school students in senior high under the brand name of its postpaid fiber plan BIDA.
The BIDA Fiber Internet Scholarship Program is open to incoming Grade 11 students enrolled in public schools who have chosen the STEM track. They must also be in the top 10 percent of their graduating batch, among other requirements.For Converge, both connectivity and education are society's great 'equalizing' forces, allowing marginalized and disadvantaged groups to access the same resources as privileged ones, and leveling the playing field in terms of opportunities in the job market. The official launch of the BIDA Internet Scholarship Program was done through a webinar announcing the program requirements with Converge employees in attendance. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOThis scholarship comes amid the general cost-prohibitive nature of broadband internet in the country, especially for the underprivileged.Initiatives geared toward better access to education are aligned with the company's thrust to meet Sustainable Development Goal 4, Quality Education, and SDG 1, No Poverty.Education is among the company's key issue areas when it comes to corporate support, having inked a memorandum of agreement with the Department of Education at the height of the pandemic in 2021 to enhance the remote delivery of education.Applicants may submit their requirements from June 25 to July 10. The awarding of the scholarship will be on July 30.
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