Pursuing dreams through scholarships
Being the first one to graduate from college in their family, she was able to do so with the help of various scholarship grants.
Lady Anne is one of the scholars of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) which aims to make available, accessible, and meaningful educational assistance to poor but deserving Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs)/IPs and to encourage them to undergo post-secondary college education in priority relevant courses.
“We offer two types of scholarships. The first one is a merit-based scholarship for college students wherein the grantee’s general weighted average should not be lower than 85 percent; the grantee should belong to the top 10 graduating class; and is required to pass the examinations,” NCIP regional information officer Louis Genesis David said.
Meanwhile, the second one is an educational assistance intended for primary and secondary education students whose general weighted average should not be lower than 80 percent.
The assistance is provided by the NCIP to cover various educational expenses such as miscellaneous fees, book allowance, uniforms, transportation, and others.
Those enrolled under the educational assistance program receive annual grants amounting to P2,500 for elementary; P5,000 for junior high school; P7,500 for senior high school; and P10,000 for college.
Meanwhile, scholars under the merit-based scholarship program receive P25,000 financial aid per semester.
NCIP scholars are enrolled in various courses such as Business Administration (Accounting, Marketing, Management, Economics, Entrepreneurship), Education, Agriculture, Community Development, Forestry and Environment Studies (Forestry, Environmental Science, Agro-Forestry), Anthropology, Social Work, Social Sciences (AB courses), Medical (Nursing, Midwifery, Medical Technology, etc.), Engineering, Foreign Service, Criminology, and Geology.
Being a consistent honor student since grade school, Lady Anne was also able to avail scholarship from a religious organization in her elementary days, which helped her provide for her uniform and daily allowance before becoming a NCIP scholar in high school.
During her college days, she also qualified as one of the scholars of the provincial government, which greatly helped her pay for her tuition and other miscellaneous fees as a BS Criminology student at the Central Luzon College of Science and Technology in the City of San Fernando.
“My various scholarships greatly helped me finish my studies. What I receive is enough to pay for my school fees, including my projects. My only expenses out of my own pocket are dorm rental fees and daily allowance for food because my school is quite far from home,” Duya said.
Lady Anne Duya makes ‘herstory’ as the first woman from the Mag-Indi tribe in Pampanga to pass the Criminologist Licensure Examination. Duya hails from Katutubo Village in Barangay Planas, Porac. (Lady Anne Duya)