CHED Chairman J. Prospero de Vera III said more scholarships for students in the IP communities are possible with the continued funding support for the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education law or Republic Act No. 10931 under the 2021 General Appropriations Act .
According to De Vera, many of the needy and deserving IP students are unable to avail of the TES due to lack of information and the inability of government agencies to include them in their welfare list as they live in remote upland areas. The Higher Education chief announced the increased attention for IP students during his recent meeting with Nueva Vizcaya Gov. Carlos Padilla, IP Board Member Sammy Balinhawang, Sta. Fe, Nueva Vizcaya Mayor Tidong Benito, and the leaders from 10 tribal groups in the province.
The RA 10931 or the UAQTE law now provides financial assistance to close to 1.8 million students in public and private colleges and universities through free tuition and miscellaneous fees and the TES, De Vera said.
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