THE Senate committee on education, arts and culture has vowed to pass the bill that seeks to institutionalize government subsidy for the tuition of students enrolled in state universities and colleges (SUCs) this year or early next year.

Sen. Paolo Benigno Aquino 4th, chairman of the committee, said a number of senators are pushing for the proposed free college education and the only issue that needs to be settled is the methodology.

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