SENATORS on Monday said the P8.3 billion infused into the budget of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for free college education in state universities and colleges (SUCs) is just the first step in the government’s plans to make tertiary education free.

Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian noted that the additional funding for CHED is a promising start for eventually institutionalizing the free tuition policy of the government.

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