Edgardo “Sonny” Angara Calls For More Budget To Fund Tuition Subsidy Program

Team Pnoy senatorial bet Edgardo "Sonny" Angara today urged the government to provide additional budget to the Department of Education (DepEd) so that more high school students in Grade 7 in private schools can avail themselves of tuition subsidy.
 
METRO MANILA, Philippines - May 9, 2013 - PRLog -- For School Year 2013-2014, DepEd officials said they have increased by 24 percent the number of slots for Grade 7 students who are entitled to tuition subsidy in private schools.

The DepEd said that 310,709 slots have been allotted for tuition subsidy for school year 2013-2014 under the Education Service Contracting (ESC) scheme. Last year, 250,896 students benefitted from the tuition subsidy.

The ESC is a scheme under the Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education (GASTPE) wherein the government subsidizes the tuition of students who enroll in private schools because public secondary schools cannot accommodate them anymore.

The program is jointly implemented by DepEd and the Fund for Assistance to Private Education (FAPE).

The subsidy is P6,500 per student in participating schools outside the National Capital Region  and P10,000 per student in private schools in the NCR.

Angara also said the government should look into "how it can provide more funds to this program so that more students will be able to finish high school."

Since the implementation of the K to 12 program, students from the elementary are required to finish Grade 7, four years in junior high school and two years in senior high school to provide sufficient time for mastery of concepts and skills, develop lifelong learners, and prepare graduates for tertiary education, middle-level skills development, employment and entrepreneurship.

Each student in Senior High School can choose among three tracks: Academic; Technical-Vocational-Livelihood; and Sports and Arts. The Academic track includes three strands, namely, Business, Accountancy, Management (BAM); Humanities, Education, Social Sciences (HESS); and Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM).

Students undergo immersion, which may include earn-while-you-learn opportunities, which provide exposure and actual experience in their chosen track.

Angara earlier expressed concern over the growing number of students who failed to finish high school for lack of money. The National Statistical Coordination Board data showed poor families spent only 1.7 percent on education and  60 percent on food.

"This means that nothing is left of their salaries for education so this is an indication that the government should be aggressive in helping the lower 30 percent," Angara said.

ABOUT REP. EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA
Rep. Edgardo "Sonny" Angara is the Chairman of the House Committee on Higher and Technical Education and Representative of the Lone District of Aurora, Philippines.  Inquiries about Rep. Edgardo M. Angara may be directed to the House of Representatives Rm. N-305, Phone: 931-5001 local 7344.
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