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00:00 Nationwide test to determine who should benefit from free tuition in the college.

00:05 That is one of the reasons behind the Department of Finance not to waste the PONDO of the people.

00:10 This is the opinion of the CED in the testimony of Rafi Tima.

00:14 If Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno will ask,

00:20 the current free education program of the government is not visa and accessionable for students in the college.

00:27 In an exposition, the Secretariat said that the dropout rate of those in state universities and colleges

00:32 who benefit from free tuition is high,

00:34 an indication of the lack of money of the people.

00:37 Instead, according to the Secretariat,

00:39 the basic education system should be strengthened and nationwide tests should be conducted

00:43 and the people should benefit from free tuition.

00:47 PONDO of 21.7 billion pesos for free college education in 2024

00:53 benefited 2 million students.

00:56 But according to the Commission on Higher Education,

00:58 if the dropout rate is the only basis,

01:00 it is hard to say that the PONDO of the government is wasted.

01:04 You can argue that maybe they dropped out because the subsidy of government is not enough.

01:10 Maybe their daily expenses are still not enough.

01:15 So our answer should be not to reduce the subsidy,

01:19 but to find a way to increase the subsidy.

01:22 In addition, it is true that the dropout rate reached 40 percent,

01:26 but because of the COVID pandemic,

01:28 the dropout rate is already high.

01:31 CHED also asked why free college education will be saved

01:34 when it is only a part of the trillion-trillion-peso budget of the government.

01:39 Every peso you invest in improving a Filipino

01:42 is an investment that will outlast all the infrastructure you're building,

01:48 the roads you're building,

01:49 because they will create a more educated workforce.

01:53 CHED did not say that it will review the free college education program

01:56 to make sure that it will benefit.

01:58 But instead of a nationwide test,

02:00 the basis of the free tuition,

02:02 the government should ask the sectors that are not capable to review for the college exam.

02:08 We tried to ask Secretary Benjamin Diokno about his opinion,

02:12 but he has no answer.

02:14 For GMI Integrated News,

02:16 Rafi Timang, your witness.

02:19 (music)

Nationwide test para sa free education program, inirekomenda ng DOF | Saksi

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