THE Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is set to craft guidelines for implementation of the P8-billion budget for free tuition in all state universities and colleges (SUCs) for the next academic year, CHED Chairman Patricia Licuanan said on Friday.

“To bring the country closer to the reality of free college education, the commission will work overtime to ensure that the wisdom and specific intentions of lawmakers will be accurately reflected in the free tuition guidelines it is set to create,” Licuanan added in a statement.

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