; or (C) a half-time basis (a minimum of five clock hours per week), shall be eligible to receive financial assistance at the appropriate rate provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, if such eligible person is concurrently engaged in agricultural employment which is relevant to such institutional agricultural courses as determined under standards prescribed by the Attorney General. In computing the foregoing clock hour requirements there shall be included the time involved in field trips and individual and group instruction sponsored and conducted by the educational institution through a duly authorized instructor of such institution in which the person is enrolled. (2) monthly amounts The monthly financial assistance to be paid on behalf of an eligible person pursuing a farm cooperative program under this subpart shall be $636 for full-time, $477 for three-quarter-time, or $319 for half-time pursuit. (d) Programs in Republic of Philippines If a program of education is pursued by an eligible person at an institution located in the Republic of the Philippines, the financial assistance computed for such person under this section shall be paid at the rate of $0.50 for each dollar. (e) Licensing or certification (1) In general Subject to paragraph (3), the amount of financial assistance payable under this subpart for a licensing or certification test described in section 3501(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code, is the lesser of $2,000 or the fee charged for the test. (2) Number of months The number of months of entitlement charged in the case of any individual for such licensing or certification test is equal to the number (including any fraction) determined by dividing the total amount paid to such individual for such test by the full-time monthly institutional rate of the financial assistance which, except for paragraph (1), such individual would otherwise be paid under this subpart. (3) Limitation In no event shall payment of financial assistance under this subsection for such a test exceed the amount of