The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) should find ways to ensure that student-beneficiaries affected by the Tulong Dunong program’s budget cut would still be provided assistance with the Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES), Senator Sonny Angara said on Thursday. Funds for the next academic year’s Tulong Dunong program were brought down to P1.19 billion, from P4.19 billion this year. “We are urging the CHED to come up with a guideline to ensure that current beneficiaries of Tulong Dunong can still benefit from the increased funding for the Tertiary Education Subsidy,” he asked. P27 billion of which will go to the Tertiary Education Subsidy. Under the TES, poor college students will be given allowance for books, supplies, transportation, room and board, and other education-related personal expenses.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 20, 2018 07:30 UTC