Section 1
SECTION 1. There shall be selected annually from the graduating classes of all public and private high schools throughout the Philippines poor but deserving students to be known as "State Scholars" who shall be granted state scholarships in science, arts, and letters and whose expenses, like tuition, matriculation, and other school fees, prescribe textbooks and equipment, board and lodging, clothing, travelling expenses, and miscellaneous allowances, shall be defrayed from funds appropriated by law or contributed from other sources for scholarship purposes.