MANILA, Philippines — The P11.6-billion budget cut from the Commission on Higher Education’s proposed 2020 national budget will hurt the agency’s free tuition and scholarship programs for thousands of students, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto warned Friday.
About 80 percent of the 2020 appropriations for CHED was earmarked for the implementation of the program mandates of Republic Act 10931, or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education . If not restored by Congress, the lawmaker said the budget cuts would jeopardize the schooling of 175,260 students under the Student Financial Assistance Program, 1,932 medical scholars, and between 115,352 to 199,920 students who benefit from the TES.
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