Thousands of college students face forced vacation due to P11.6-billion cut in CHED budget.
“Delikadong ma-endo ang pag-aaral ng daan-daang libong mga estudyante sa kolehiyo kung matutuloy ang balak na tapyasan ng P11.6 bilyon ang budget ng Commission on Higher Education [CHED] para sa taong 2020.”
Instead of diplomas, government will be handing out dismissal slips. The budget cut for tertiary education is a ticket to a forced vacation for many public and private college students.
There are many kinds of leave a student can avail of, but a government-imposed “tuition-subsidy holiday” should not be one of them.
Okay lang sana kung hindi pa sila naka-enroll sa kolehiyo; kung papasok pa lang. Pero karamihan naka-enrol na, prodded by a government guarantee that if they study hard and maintain good grades, they can keep the scholarship.
Ang budget ng CHED for 2019 ay P52.43 billion. Ang pinanukala ng executive branch para sa susunod na taon ay P40.78 billion, an almost 23-percent cut amounting to P11.65 billion.