(Eagle News) — The House Committee on Constitutional Amendments is working to include free college education in the draft federal charter.
Committee Vice Chair Vicente Veloso said that the 1987 Constitution only provides for free education for elementary and high school students.
“But pagdating sa college, wala, to the point na ang daming mga kabataan natin ang nagsasabi na bakit pa ako mag-aaral ng high school e alam ko naman na walang mangyayari dito dahil wala namang pera ang mga magulang na makapagpatapos sa akin sa college. So yung problemang ‘yan, nasa draft na namin. Inaayos na namin,” Veloso said.
He said they held public consultations, mostly with college students, for this.
“My point is, there are a lot of provisions in the Constitution na walang katuturan at kami na sa 17th Congress ang nag-ayos nito,” he added.