Around 53,060 learners in Antique are eligible for educational monitoring under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) so they could receive a cash grant this school year 2024-2025.

Mae Antoinette Oblima, 4Ps compliance verification officer, said in an interview Wednesday that the learners are children of 4Ps household members who have enrolled as of June 30.

The monitoring started on Aug. 1 with the help of their teachers and the 4Ps personnel to determine their compliance with the cash grant.

“Eligible 4Ps children who will be monitored are those three to 18 years old,” she said.

Oblima said these children are supposed to have 85 percent school attendance monthly or a maximum of four absences in a month.

Children who comply with the condition will receive PHP300 per month if they are in daycare to elementary, PHP500 per month for junior high school, and PHP700 per month for senior high school.

“The cash grant is released every two months so the children will have some amount to buy their school supplies and other needs,” she said.

Oblima said parents should encourage their children to be in school so they can comply with the requirements.

Margie Mijares, whose children are in Grades 10 and 11, said the cash grant ensured their children can continue with their schooling. Both children received cash grants since their elementary grades.

“My children were able to continue their schooling because of the 4Ps cash grant,” she said.

Mijares said she works as a house helper while her husband is a tricycle driver, so they could not afford to send their children to school.

His son Melvert was grateful for being a beneficiary of the 4Ps.

“Every time I would need some school supplies or other needs, I have money to pay for because of the cash grant,” he said.

He hoped to someday reach his dreams in life. (PNA)