MANILA — The Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) is simplifying the implementation of the free tuition policy in state colleges and universities to ensure that poor but deserving college students will be covered this school year regardless of their year level. CHEd Commissioner Prospero De Vera III said the commission has started the process of amending a vital provision in the implementing rules and regulation (IRR) of the policy in which college students enrolled in 114 state colleges and universities would be ranked solely based on their household income. ADVERTISEMENTHe noted that in the IRR released in April, the first cut covered StuFaPs beneficiaries but selection for the rest of enrolled students per state college or university was according to their year level and their household income. The order of priority also came in this order: graduating students, junior, sophomore and freshmen or newly enrolled students. He said they have started working on changes in the IRR to ensure that CHEd would follow President Duterte’s directive to prioritize poor but “academically able” students.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 23, 2017 14:26 UTC