SAKSI Recap: 4/10 college student, humihinto (Originally aired on Feb. 3, 2025)

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00:00Four out of every ten Filipino college students

00:03stopped their studies at school.

00:06That's what came out of the study of the 2nd Congressional Commission on Education,

00:10the commission's call to higher education schools.

00:14Witness, Niko Wahe.

00:19Gabby was a pre-med student from 2016 to 2017,

00:24but she stopped.

00:25She shifted to ABN Communication and transferred to another school in 2017.

00:30But when it came to 2019,

00:32when she was already in her 4th year,

00:33and she was hoping to complete just one semester,

00:36she completely stopped her studies at school.

00:39I couldn't support my studies.

00:43I wasn't a priority.

00:45Some wanted to help Gabby with her studies.

00:49Someone offered to pay for her tuition.

00:51Expenses for group projects,

00:56and my daily food expenses,

01:00I really couldn't afford it.

01:02Because when I was in college,

01:05my daily expenses were P100.

01:07Even for massages, that's all I had.

01:11I only had P30 left.

01:14I also struggled with my food expenses.

01:19It's an option to become a working student.

01:22The problem is,

01:23my body might not be able to handle it.

01:25But I have friends and workmates who are actually

01:28doing their studies and work at the same time.

01:33Well, I can see their physical state and mentality.

01:41They are very strong.

01:43Because if I was in their situation,

01:45I wouldn't be able to handle it.

01:46My mentality is not that strong.

01:51Julia stopped her studies at school in 2012.

01:54She admitted that it was hard for her parents to pay for her tuition

01:58in the Information Technology course.

02:00I felt it, although they didn't tell me technically.

02:05My parents forced me, even though I know they had a hard time.

02:08They were in debt.

02:09They were really in debt.

02:12She also added that her reason for stopping her studies

02:15is that she has a good job.

02:16People like Gabby and Julianne are among the highest number

02:20of college dropouts in the Philippines.

02:22According to the 2nd Congressional Commission on Education's report of Edcom2,

02:27four out of every ten Filipino college students

02:30stop their studies at school.

02:32Because they need to work.

02:35That's the main reason we saw.

02:37The other reason we saw is lack of engagement,

02:40or they're not engaging in their studies.

02:44There are still a lot of financial reasons that their money is not enough to continue or finish.

02:51On the other hand, the Free Higher Education Law or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education.

02:57What it gives is free tuition to state universities and local universities, but we know that the expenses that are heavy when it comes to college is the allowance.

03:07Allowance, transportation, food, lodging, projects, so there are a lot of expenses that they need to look for resources.

03:16The highest college dropout is the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao or BARM, which has a 93.4% dropout rate.

03:25Poverty rates are still worse or severe in BARM, but the other two reasons that I see is peace and order is still an issue in some areas of BARM.

03:36We cannot ignore that reason.

03:39There are more private schools than state universities in BARM, which is why there is less benefit of free tuition there.

03:46Those who live in poor areas, they don't have easy access to higher education if there is no SUC in the area because the LGU cannot build an LUC.

03:57Edcom has a call to higher education schools.

04:01Let's think about how we can be more open to developments like this.

04:06Maybe part-time students, night classes, Saturday classes, especially now that we have tried distance education,

04:16we can do better if we work hard to make our higher education system inclusive and welcoming to students like this.

04:24For JMA Integrated News, I'm Nico Ahe.

04:27Good luck.

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