Students of the Northern Marianas College have agreed to personally receive their checks for the local educational assistance grant but are opposing the proposal on the full-time credit requirement.<\/p>\n
In a forum held yesterday at NMC’s Student Center, some 30 recipients discussed these issues with Special Adviser for Education Dan Nielsen.<\/p>\n
According to Shirley Santos, president of the Associated Students of NMC, close to 50 students returned the survey-questionnaire conducted last week.<\/p>\n
Based on their answers, they want to receive the EAP checks and disagreed with a number of proposals like the full-time credit requirement and their seeking for federal educational grants prior to the local funding.<\/p>\n
Alexis Cosack, NMC’s representative to the First Youth Congress, told Nielsen that they also need money to purchase books. She added that instead of the full-time credit requirement, students with D and F grades should be required to pay for the cost of such failing courses.<\/p>\n
Nielsen told students that a new set of policies is needed to fairly distribute the meager resources for the spring semester.<\/p>\n
He said Gov. Pedro P. Tenorio is set to sign into law the cap of $15,000 a year for the Full Scholarship. From this cap, the government anticipates to save some $300,000 which will be used to pay the EAP for spring.<\/p>\n
The government expects a deficit on the EAP funding for spring since NMC received $570,000 to cover the fall semester.<\/p>\n
“Given those numbers, we drafted certain policies that will allow fair distribution,” he asked students.<\/p>\n
“Talking about the issue of fairness, students in the mainland are required to carry a full load,” he reminded the on-island recipients.<\/p>\n
However, he asked NMC officials to define the acceptable credit requirement to allow working students, who are taking the minimum load, avail of EAP.<\/p>\n
Nielsen also reminded students that EAP is suspended for summer. While a new set of laws emphasizing educational loan program will be introduced next school year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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