MORE STUDENTS from poor families can have the opportunity to pursue and earn college degrees once President Rodrigo Duterte signs into law the Universal Access to Tertiary Education Act of 2017, which provides free tuition and miscellaneous fees for students in state schools.

The Senate-House bicameral committee approved the measure recently.

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