[2146-1; 2482.] SECTION  2053 . Conditions Antecedent to Receiving Allowance . — To be entitled to an allowance under the preceding section, a person must be ( a ) a resident of the province granting the allowance; ( b ) not over twenty-one years of age; ( c ) the possessor of a c ertificate of having studied and satisfactorily completed an entire official course in the high schools; ( d ) of good conduct and physical constitution; and ( e ) whose parents or guardians are unable to meet the expenses of a higher education. [2146-2.] LLjur SECTION  2054 .  Conditions and Mode of Application . — When a province, being in condition to make one or more allowances as herein provided, shall determine to grant them, it shall determine the profession or professions to the preparation for which such all owances shall be devoted, and shall advertise a general convocation, to which it shall give the widest publicity throughout its territorial jurisdiction, during the first fortnight in the month of April in the year in which such allowances are to be grante d or renewed, in order that applicants therefor may make application in writing to the provincial board, within thirty days following such first fortnight of the aforesaid month of April. The application, the blanks for which shall be prepared, printed, and distributed, subject to reimbursement of the cost thereof, by the Director of Education, shall contain a statement to the effect that the applicant has the requisites exacted by the next  preceding section hereof; and the whole shall be subscribed and sworn to by the applicant and his father, or, in default thereof, his legal guardian. [2146-3.] TEcCHD SECTION  2055 . Examination of Contestants . — After the applications have been presented and received the superintendent of schools of the province shall, in the presence of the provincial board or some person thereunto deputed by said board, proceed to hold  an examination of such applicants; and the applicants obtaining the highest general average in such examination, or, if such averages are equal, those having the highest average for the subjects necessary for the career proposed to be followed shall be de signated. [2146-4.] SECTION  2056 . Service to be Rendered by Students . — Upon finishing their studies, students receiving provincial aid in the pursuit of their professional Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 607