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(Eagle News) — The House Committee on Constitutional Amendments is working to include free college education in the draft federal charter. Committee Vice Chair Vicente Veloso said that the 1987 Constitution only provides for free education for elementary and high school students. “But pagdating sa college, wala, to the point na ang daming mga kabataan natin ang nagsasabi na bakit pa ako mag-aaral ng high school e alam ko naman na walang mangyayari dito dahil […]
(Eagle News) — Kinumpirma ni Commissioner Prospero De Vera ng Commission on Higher Education (CHED) na mayroong diskusyon na muling ipatupad ang National College Entrance Examination (NCEE). Ito ay para ma-control ang posibleng pagdagsa ng mga estudyante sa state universities and colleges dahil na rin sa libreng matrikula. Ayon kay Commissioner De Vera, ang NCEE ay maaaring maging gabay ng SUCs sa pagtanggap at pag-papanatili ng mga estudyante. Gayunman, iginiit niyang kailangan ng suporta ng […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities have identified where to source at least P16 billion that will fund the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, a lawmaker said. In a statement, Davao Rep. Karlo Nograles, said the “breakthrough” came on Wednesday, after he met with Department of Budget and Management Secretary Benjamin Diokno, Commission on Higher Education Chair Patricia Licuanan and other CHEd commissioners, and Technical Education Skills Development Authority Secretary General Guiling Mamondiong. Nograles, also […]
MANILA, Oct. 3 — The budget of the State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) had a net increase of P5.2 billion from P38 billion in 2014 to P43.3 billion in 2015, Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad said in a statement. Abad issued this reaction to criticism that the SUCs had their budget cut in the proposed 2015 National Budget. Responding as well to allegations that the Aquino Administration has not been […]
