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President Duterte To Provide P8.3 Billion Free Education For The Poor Filipino Students This Year


The inclusion of P8.3 Billion for free tuition in public higher education in the 2017 budget is the necessary first step in President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s election promise to help young people, particularly the poor, get university education.

This is the statement issued by Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Commissioner Prospero de Vera.

Studies all over the world show that higher levels of educational attainment are strongly correlated with better employment and higher income.

Every poor Filipino student who is able to enroll in college, increases his/her chance to get employed, helps his/her family, and becomes a productive member of society.

The P8.3 Billion infusion would help close to 150,000 poor students complete their education.

The new funding will also alert more students from poor households that they can enroll in universities.

“We should not look at the P8.3 Billion additional allocation as a one-time stand-alone fund to help students in SUCs. Close to P5.75 Billion worth of scholarships and financial assistance is already imbedded in the regular CHED budget plus there is the Higher Education Development Fund (HEDF),”  said de Vera.

On top of the free tuition, students can also get the much needed stipends for their day to day needs in time for the June opening of classes.

Once the free public higher education initiative is implemented this year, we can identify any gaps and compute the additional costs of providing assistance to students.

“Then we can go back to Congress to ask for more funding to fully implement President Duterte’s commitment that no student will be barred from getting a university education on account of financial need,” added de Vera.

Source: Newswatch
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