SEN. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara on Sunday called on the government to make sure that students from poor families will be given subsidy for their tuition and miscellaneous fees as provided for under the Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education (UniFAST). The implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for UniFAST or Republic Act 10931 were released last week. Angara, author of the Free College law and the UniFAST law, said the Tertiary Education Subsidy covers allowance for books, supplies, transportation, room and board, personal computer or laptop, and other education-related personal expenses of poor students. Meanwhile, Senate President Aquilino Pimentel 3rd urged college and university administrators to consider lowering their entrance examination fees. Every year, about 80,000 students apply at UP while roughly 60,000 take the PUP college entrance exam.

Source: Manila Times March 18, 2018 16:30 UTC