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COA flags CHEd’s low utilization rate of P8-billion free tuition law funds

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 16 02:09 PM

MANILA - The Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) used less than a quarter of its P8-billion allotment to subsidize college education last year under the free tuition law, the Commission on Audit (COA) said in a report.   Read more »

State educators urge gov’t to set aside funds for job promotion in 2019 budget

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 09 07:50 PM

Faculty members of state universities and colleges called for the inclusion of the P2.9-billion funding for their job promotion in the 2019 national budget. Read more »

Youth activists slam free tuition law

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 22 04:15 PM

Youth activists on Friday burned a picture of President Duterte and paint-bombed the gate of the Commission on Higher Education to protest alleged shortcomings of the newly-signed free tuition law. Read more »

Libreng tuition sa pampublikong kolehiyo, ipatutupad na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 12:35 AM

Kabilang sa saklaw ng kasunduan sa libreng edukasyon ang 190 na state universities and colleges at local universities and colleges sa bansa. Read more »

ALAMIN: Saklaw ng pa-free tuition ng gobyerno

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 27 09:42 PM

Ano nga ba ang saklaw ng Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act of 2017 na magbibigay ng libreng matrikula sa mga pampublikong eskuwelahan at unibersidad?  Read more »

31 pampublikong eskuwelahan, di kasama sa free tuition

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 09:23 PM

Ayon sa CHED, 31 local universities and colleges ang hindi napabilang sa listahan dahil ang ilan sa kanila'y hindi nakapagpasa ng rekisito sa komisyon. Read more »

Ilang panuntunan kapalit ng libreng matrikula, kinontra

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 15 07:55 PM

Kinondena ng ilang youth at student group nitong Huwebes ang ilang panuntunang inilabas ng CHED kapalit ng pagbibigay ng libreng edukasyon sa mga pampublikong eskuwelahan at unibersidad. Read more »

Libreng matrikula, ipatutupad simula Hunyo sa mga pampublikong eskuwelahan at unibersidad

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 14 08:49 PM

Sa papasok na academic year sa Hunyo, mararamdaman na ng mga estudyante at magulang ang epekto ng pagpapatupad sa batas na nagbibigay ng libreng edukasyon. Read more »

CHEd 'tweaks' scholarship program to accommodate more indigenous peoples

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 09 04:25 PM

MANILA - The Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) is "tweaking" its scholarship program to allow more indigenous peoples (IPs), including the Lumads, to enroll in state universities and colleges (SUCs), the agency's chief said Thursday.   Read more »

Duterte 'committed' to funding free college tuition: budget chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 09:44 AM

The government has enough funds in the 2018 budget to fund the first year implementation of the free college tuition law, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said Wednesday. Read more »

Referee na cancer survivor, pang-atleta ang workout

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 25 01:09 AM

Kung gaano ka-pukpukan ang ensayo ng mga atleta para sa kanilang laro, gayundin pala ang referee na tumatawag ng mga paglabag sa games. Read more »

P20-B needed for free tuition in 2018

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 05:57 PM

The government needs P20-billion to implement the free tuition law next year and cover some 1 million students in state-run higher education institutions, the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) said Thursday. Read more »

Kamara, may solusyon sa pagpopondo ng libreng matrikula sa SUCs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 03:01 AM

May nakikita nang solusyon ang House Committee on Appropriations para matustusan ang batas sa libreng matrikula sa mga state universities at colleges. Read more »

Batas sa libreng pag-aaral sa kolehiyo, mapopondohan ba?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 09 02:15 AM

Kampante si House Committee on Appropriations Chair Karlo Nograles na mapopondohan ang free tuition sa state universities at colleges kung bubusisiin ang panukalang 2018 budget.  Read more »

Libreng edukasyon sa kolehiyo para sa lahat, isinusulong

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 09 01:14 AM

Nanawagan ang mga militanteng kabataan para sa pagbibigay ng libreng edukasyon para sa lahat ng mga estudyante sa kolehiyo. Read more »

ANALYSIS: Infrastructure becomes obsolete, education is forever

Jose Galang - Your Business
Updated as of Aug 07 05:39 PM

Instead of weeping over the newly enacted law mandating free tuition and other related subsidies for students in the country’s 114 state universities and colleges (SUCs), the administration’s economic managers should now promptly look for ways to raise money to implement President Duterte’s audacious move. Read more »

Solon urges gov't agencies: Share budget to fund free tuition law

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 07 11:41 AM

Government agencies could give up part of their 2018 budget to fund the law granting free tuition and other fees for students in state universities and colleges (SUCs), as well as local universities and colleges (LUCs) and technical-vocational institutions (TVIs), the House appropriations committee chairman said Monday. Read more »

Who can avail of free college tuition under new law?

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 11:46 PM

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, August 3, signed into a law a bill granting free tuition and other fees for students in state universities and colleges (SUCs), as well as local universities and colleges (LUCs) and technical-vocational institutions (TVIs).   Read more »

Questions and answers on the free college tuition law

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 04 11:49 PM

Here are frequently asked questions and answers about The Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, according to the law's principal sponsor and co-author in the Senate.  Read more »

Wish granted

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 12:32 PM

Student activitsts hold a protest at the University of the Philippines calling for free education in state universities and colleges (SUCs) on Friday. President Duterte signed into law the bill granting free tuition to SUCs despite the reluctance of his economic advisers. Read more »