Progressive lawmakers want to realign funds for infrastructure, military and debt service.
Makabayan solons push for inclusion of budget for free college education for 2018
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Who benefits from college education?
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective When Kabataan Partylist Rep. Sarah Elago questioned Budget Sec. Benjamin Diokno about the absence of any allocation for free tuition in state universities and colleges (SUCs), the response was that it would cost P100 billion and the government could not afford it. But Secretary Diokno also added: “College education benefits…
Youth groups blast ‘free tuition scam’
MANILA – Progressive youth groups showed disgust over what they called “free tuition scam,” referring to the recently-released Implementing Rules and Regulation for the free tuition policy issued by the Commission on Higher Education (Ched) and the Department of Budget and Management. In a protest on Wednesday, May 10, students tore copies of the IRR…
‘Duterte’s free tuition policy is a lie’ – youth groups
“We call for the abrogation of neoliberal policies on education, which have turned even public schools into moneymaking ventures in collusion with the World Bank and other foreign entities.”
Youth solon files bill for free public college
“At a more fundamental level, the passage of this bill will also result in the reversal of decades of attacks on the right of every Filipino to education.”
Progressive youths to fight for ‘free public education at all levels’
Will the increased education budget equate to free college for all? Youth groups vow to make it so.
Yearender 2016 | Privatization of education continues under Duterte
Progressive youth and teachers groups welcomed the budgetary increase that will make tuition in state universities and colleges free, but criticized the expansion of the voucher system, which, they said, privatizes the public education system.