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Free College Education in the Philippines

The document summarizes the Philippines' new free college tuition program. It will allocate 8 billion PHP to pay tuition fees for students at state universities and colleges for the 2017-2018 academic year. This was made possible through advocacy efforts. While tuition will be free, other fees are not covered yet. The program will help lessen financial burdens on students and families and allow those who stopped studying due to costs to return. Advocates continue working to make the free tuition program continuous and available for future students.

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Free College Education in the Philippines

The document summarizes the Philippines' new free college tuition program. It will allocate 8 billion PHP to pay tuition fees for students at state universities and colleges for the 2017-2018 academic year. This was made possible through advocacy efforts. While tuition will be free, other fees are not covered yet. The program will help lessen financial burdens on students and families and allow those who stopped studying due to costs to return. Advocates continue working to make the free tuition program continuous and available for future students.

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Tuition Fee-Free

Worrying about not being able to go to college next year?


The Philippine government got your back as for the academic year 2017-2018,
it will be implementing its free college education program for the first time. Just
look up for your school in the web to see if it's included in the list of the hundreds
of institutions benefiting from the breakthrough.
Recently, the information easily spread like fire as the Filipino youth kept
sharing the said list and related reports in different social media platforms, all
celebrating the good news. It's confirmed, the Philippine government is allocating
P8 billion budget to the Commission on Higher Education to pay the college
students' tuition fee in the state universities and colleges all over the country.
This was made possible after the efforts of youth groups and education
advocates to pursue the realignment of the certain fund to what they consider as
one of the greatest investments of the country, education. With the help of officials
who share the same advocacy, they finally got a nod from the government to pay
more attention and allot ample budget to the tertiary level.
University of the Philippines and Polytechnic University of the Philippines are
among the school benefactors which students will be spared by the government
free from their tuition fee next year. However, miscellaneous, dormitory and other
fees are not yet covered. Still, the college students are grateful, considering that
the free tuition fee is already a big act of passing the hat.
Mark Joey Pua, a student of PUP, will be on his last year in college by the
time of the program's implementation. He feels that it would be a great aid for him
and his mother who works abroad to support his studies. "I feel happy to be one of
the students enjoying the free tuition fee next year," he says.
Mark is just one of the many millenials who rejoiced the milestone which they
believe would be lessening the burden from their families' shoulders. Also,
students who stopped their studies before due to financial reasons are given the
opportunity now to go back to school and continue taking up their dream courses.
The hard works continue not only coming from the advocates but all the
Filipinos to push through the further improvement of the program. They
unceasingly ask and convince the government to make the free college education
continuous so it would not be only effective for the next school year, but for the
years to come. This, they believe, is to cater also to the next generation of college
students.
Worrying about entering college? Thanks to collective efforts, the Philippine
government got your back, telling you to drop those worries, get back on your feet,
wear your university uniform, and be a few steps nearer to your dream job!

By Lester Dave G. Pua


Dona Aurora National High School
Fourth Place, Feature Writing-English
NSPC 16 Pagadian City

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