But it appears Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno has other ideas—and not exactly to give the youth from the poor and disadvantaged sectors in our society comprising nearly a fourth of the total population the means to acquire college education and improve their lives.
The problem with this kind of thinking is it is highly discriminatory and leaves those who have undergone less-than-ideal primary and high school education no opportunity to pursue quality higher education that would give them new skills and knowledge necessary to turn their lives around. No wonder groups such as the Alliance of Concerned Teachers -SUCs are stoutly opposed to Diokno’s proposal, saying efforts “to scrimp” on tertiary education subsidy appear “contemptuous of our Filipino youth.”
But critics say this is not the fault of the students forced to stop schooling during the pandemic because of the tight economic situation resulting from job losses and closure of many businesses.
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