{"id":2458,"date":"2025-03-06T13:30:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T13:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/sustainability\/?p=2458"},"modified":"2025-03-06T13:32:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T13:32:22","slug":"sm-college-scholarship-paving-opportunities-for-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/sustainability\/sm-college-scholarship-paving-opportunities-for-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"SM College Scholarship: Paving opportunities for youth"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2458\" class=\"elementor elementor-2458\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71c109f2 e-flex e-con-boxed wcf-starter-animations-none e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"71c109f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bcd795f e-con-full e-flex wcf-starter-animations-none e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4bcd795f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57a6cd21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-page-title\" data-id=\"57a6cd21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"page-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"hfe-page-title hfe-page-title-wrapper elementor-widget-heading\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/sustainability\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tSM College Scholarship: Paving opportunities for youth  \n\t\t\t<\/h2 > \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14b61d7 e-flex e-con-boxed wcf-starter-animations-none e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"14b61d7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5322c691 e-con-full e-flex wcf-starter-animations-none e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5322c691\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78c5d10d wcf-starter-animations-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78c5d10d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;wcf_starter_animations&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;wcf_anim_duration&quot;:1000,&quot;wcf_anim_delay&quot;:0,&quot;wcf_anim_ease&quot;:&quot;ease&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Education holds power like no other. It has long been a weapon against the perpetuating cycle of poverty and a stepping stone toward a better quality of life.<\/p><p>As a testament to this, UNESCO adopted the Convention Against Discrimination in Education in 1996 to underscore everyone\u2019s right to education. Further strengthening this, international organizations committed to Millennium Development Goal 2 and Sustainable Development Goal 4 to promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.<\/p><p>While equal access to education remains a challenge, hope continues to rise through groups that provide staunch support to global initiatives.\u202f\u00a0 In a similar vein, the SM group\u2013through its social good arm SM Foundation\u2013carries out the belief of its founder, Henry \u201cTatang\u201d Sy Sr. Tatang believed that when one family member finishes college, that scholar can help another sibling go to school and together, they can lift their family out of poverty. This gave life to the SM College Scholarship Program.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1396efd2 e-con-full e-flex wcf-starter-animations-none e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1396efd2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c0986c wcf-starter-animations-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7c0986c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;wcf_starter_animations&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;wcf_anim_duration&quot;:1000,&quot;wcf_anim_delay&quot;:0,&quot;wcf_anim_ease&quot;:&quot;ease&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Story-Sus-Inspire-4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2459\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SM College Scholarship: Paving opportunities for youth Education holds power like no other. It has long been a weapon against the perpetuating cycle of poverty and a stepping stone toward a better quality of life. 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