FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SA STUDES (Tuloy pa rin – CHED)

NILINAW ni Commission on Higher Education Chairperson Prospero de Vera III ang isang statement kamakailan hinggil sa financial assistance sa mga estudyante.

Ayon kay De Vera, nabigyan ng ibang kahulugan ang sinabi niyang walang ayuda sa mga estudyante na tatamaan ng  COVID-19.

Aniya, ang maling impormasyon ay ginagamit ngayon laban sa kanya at aa Komisyon sa social media para lituhin ang mga estudyante.

“I was asked in the budget hearing (on September 9) whether there is financial assistance or ‘ayuda’ for all COVID-19-affected students and my answer is no,” pahayag ni De Vera sa isang statement.

“This answer has been misrepresented and twisted to mean that there are no funds for all types of student financial assistance in 2022,” dagdag pa niya.

Sa budget hearing, sinabi ni De Vera na kabilang sa student financial assistance sa ilalim ng proposed 2022 National Expenditure Program ang Tertiary Education Subsidy, na ipinagkakaloob sa financially needy students na nabibilang sa Department of Social Welfare and Development Listahanan 2.0 list; Tulong Dunong para sa financially needy students na may P3.2 billion na pondo; at merit scholarships para sa mga estudyante na may mataas na  grades, na may pondong P1,451,782,000.

May medical scholarship grants din para sa mga  estudyante sa state universities and colleges na pinondohan ng P167 million para sa  3,395 slots.

“Today, there are 1.6 million students studying in more than 200 state universities and colleges and local universities and colleges who are no longer paying tuition and miscellaneous fees; 435,367 students in public and private universities getting TES subsidy; 210,339 Tulong Dunong beneficiaries getting subsidy; 91,260 merit scholars and; 16,719 children of OFW getting subsidy through Tabang OFW,” ani De Vera.

“In total, there are more than 2 million students getting financial assistance from the government through CHED,” dagdag pa niya.

Tiniyak pa niya na patuloy na matatanggap ng mga kasalukuyangTES at Tulong Dunong beneficiaries ang kanilang stipends sa 2022. May pondo rin,  aniya, para sa bagong TES at Tulong Dunong applicants, at para sa merit scholars.

“We ask everyone to share this correct information. Let us not confuse our student beneficiaries who need government financial assistance during these very difficult times to continue their studies. Let us learn and educate as one,” ani De Vera.