(Photo from DepEd) Under the Duterte administration, access to education has significantly increased by providing more support to those who have limited resources to pursue or continue their studies. Both the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) noted that
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairperson Prospero “Popoy” De Vera III said that millions of students across the country are now benefiting from the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education, dubbing it as the “most long lasting legacy” of the Duterte administration.
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LONG-LASTING LEGACY. Jade Baguna, a Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES) beneficiary, now serves as Social Work Instructor at the Western Philippines University, after ranking eighth in the Board Examination. Baguna is one of the millions of young Filipinos benefitting from the "most long-lasting legacy" of the Duterte Administration, the Commission on Higher Education said during the Duterte Legacy Summit on Tuesday (May 31, 2022). (Screengrab) MANILA - Giving 2.46 million students access to free college education during the academic year 2021 to 2022 is one of the "most long-lasting" legacies of President Rodrigo Duterte's administration, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said on Tuesday. During the second day of the Duterte Legacy Summit, CHED Commissioner Prospero de Vera said the passage of the Free College Education Law has improved access to and the quality of tertiary education in the Philippines. "The intergenerational dream of getting an educa
Former senator and presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and vice presidential aspirant Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte (File photo) MANILA - From the looks of it, the tandem of BBM-Sara will win the elections on May 9, 2022. This was the statement issued by Partido Demokratiko Pilipino Lakas ng Bayan (PDP Laban) Secretary General and Cabinet Secretary Melvin Matibag at a press conference in Quezon City on Tuesday. The bold announcement of Matibag was anchored mainly on the overwhelming support of its more than 100,000 members and candidates nationwide and the unquestionable results of trusted surveys of the PDP-Laban's front-running presidential candidate former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte. "Our more than 6,000 candidates, mostly incumbent governors, mayors and congressmen, are hard at work campaigning for the victory of BBM-Sara and the entire PDP Laban slate. That wi