LAOAG CITY, May 21 -- About 1,455 Ilocos Norte government scholars, from senior high school level up to those taking up medicine and law, will receive next week a total of PHP18.5 million worth of stipend.

To cope with the increasing prices of basic commodities and living allowances, Carolyn Agcaoili, Education Research Assistant I of the Provincial Education Office, on Tuesday said stipend for college scholars is now pegged at PHP25,000 each per semester, while it is PHP10,000 each per semester for some of those who are in senior high school.

About 402 other senior high school scholars will receive PHP5,000 per semester, while about 12 scholars of doctors of medicine and nine juris doctor will get PHP25,000 each.

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