The government will need about P51 billion to fund the free tuition law, the Budget department estimated, which will require cuts in allocations for other agencies or approval of a supplemental outlay.

“Congress and the Executive are looking for ways of financing this program which will start next year --academic year 2018 to 2019,” Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said on Wednesday.

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