Davao City Educational Benefit System Unit (EBSU) Technical Assistant head Emilio Domingo Jr. said that these 317 applicants were selected based on their grades and economic status.
He said the 2,300 applicants are actually all qualified but he said they were looking for the most qualified considering the limited slots available.
Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte on Monday (September 5) congratulated the new batch of scholars and urged them to do their best to maintain their status and asked them to do better so that they can maintain their scholarships.
The EBSU was the recipient of 2,000 units of Pocket Wifi donations from Smart Communications and this will be distributed to old and new scholars.
Domingo said his office is planning to distribute the pocket wifi items within this month.