Tag: SUC

Aquino calls for release of remaining P11.2-billion budget for tertiary education subsidy program

(Eagle News)—-Senator Bam Aquino has called for the release of the remaining P11.2 billion allocated for the tertiary education  subsidy program in the 2018 budget. “Siguraduhin natin na ang buong budget na nakalaan para sa TES ay mailabas sa lalong madaling panahon, kasama na rito ang mga scholarship para sa mga estudyante ng private Higher Education Institutions (HEIs),” Aquino,  principal sponsor of Republic Act 10931 or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, said. Earlier, […]

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Angara dismayed over delay in implementation of free Wi-Fi project in SUCs

(Eagle News) — Senator Sonny Angara on Friday, Aug. 24,  expressed dismay over what he said was the delay in the implementation of the free Wi-Fi project in state universities and colleges. According to Angara, based on information from the Department of Information and Communications Technology, as of July, only two of the 112 SUCs have been given free Internet connectivity under the DICT’s Pipol Konek! Free Wi-Fi Project. He said this was despite the fact […]

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