Mindanao screening of foreign scholarships now handled by DepEd, CHED and TESDA

DAVAO CITY — NEDA Region XI formally turned over the screening of Mindanao nominees for foreign scholarships to DepEd XI, CHED XI and TESDA XI. This is pursuant to Executive Order No. 402, s. 2005 which abolished the Special Committee on Scholarship and transferred its functions to the DepEd for basic education, CHED for higher education and TESDA for non-degree courses. The turn-over ceremony was held last June 26 at the Grand Regal Hotel in Davao City.
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