{"id":104446,"date":"2017-05-29T02:35:04","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T06:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=104446"},"modified":"2017-05-29T02:35:04","modified_gmt":"2017-05-29T06:35:04","slug":"free-tuition-in-state-colleges-a-signature-away-from-becoming-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/29\/free-tuition-in-state-colleges-a-signature-away-from-becoming-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Free tuition in state colleges a signature away from becoming law"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_104447\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104447\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Bam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-104447\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Bam-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cWe are happy to report some good news during these challenging times in our country,\u201d Aquino, who sponsored and co-authored the measure said. (Photo: Philippine News Agency)\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Bam-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Bam.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cWe are happy to report some good news during these challenging times in our country,\u201d Aquino, who sponsored and co-authored the measure said. (Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pna.gov.ph\">Philippine News Agency<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2014 Free higher education for state universities and colleges (SUCs) is only a signature away from becoming a law, Sen. Paolo Benigno Aquino IV said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Aquino made this statement after the bill which seeks to provide free tuition to SUCs or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act passed the bicameral process which consolidated both Senate and House versions of the measure.<\/p>\n<p>After the final version is ratified by both Houses, it will be transmitted to Malacanang for the President&#8217;s approval.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are happy to report some good news during these challenging times in our country,\u201d Aquino, who sponsored and co-authored the measure said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will make tuition and other fees in our SUCs free. It will provide billions of scholarships and loans to students in private higher education institutions,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Aquino, former chair of the Senate Committee on Education, Arts and Culture, said that he became a legislator to spearhead reforms that will help Filipinos \u201creach their hopes and dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very proud to have pushed for this major reform as the main sponsor and co-author in the Senate,\u201d Aquino said. \u201cLet&#8217;s give every Filipino access to quality education \u2014 from kinder to college.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He meanwhile, expressed gratitude to all legislators, stakeholders and supporters that contributed to the measure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014 Free higher education for state universities and colleges (SUCs) is only a signature away from becoming a law, Sen. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":104447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[604,16,95],"tags":[15958,19635],"class_list":["post-104446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-education","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-free-tuition-fee","tag-state-colleges","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}