R.A.

10931
Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act

CHEDRO VII, Lahug, Cebu City

21 June 2019
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UniFAST ACT
It is the declared policy of the state to promote social justice.

Mandated to:
 Harmonize
 Coordinate
 Systematize
... all government agencies with
Student Financial Assistance Program
(StuFAP) to improve their efficiency
and to ensure that deserving Filipinos
are given equitable access to (tertiary)
educational opportunities.
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Universal Access to Quality
Tertiary Education Act
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MAJOR PROGRAMS

1 Free Higher Education

(FHE)

2 Tertiary Education Subsidy

(TES)

FREE Technical-Vocational
3 Education and Training
(Free TVET)

4 Student Loan Program

(SLP)
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ALLOCATION FOR AY 2018-2019

16 billion
FREE HIGHER
For
EDUCATION
AY 2018-2019, the
government
allocated
the amount of
TERTIARY EDUCATION 16 billion
40 SUBSIDY

billion FREE TVET 7 billion

for the 1st year of
implementation of
RA 10931
STUDENT LOAN 1 billion
PROGRAM
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MAJOR PROVISIONS

Free Higher
1
Education (FHE)
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MAJOR PROVISIONS
1. All Filipino without any Bachelor Degree who are
currently and to be enrolled in any SUC and any CHED-
What do
recognized LUC, shall no longer pay tuition and other
you mean
school fees.
by FHE
2. Legitimate provider of FHE are only SUCs and CHED-
recognized LUCs.

All Filipino without any Bachelor Degree who.

 Pass / Meet the admission and retention policies of the
Who can
SUCs or CHED-recognized LUCs
avail of FHE
 No previous undergraduate degree
 Not overstaying at the college level

What are 1. Free Tuition for all courses/subjects/classes

the benefits 2. Free Miscellaneous, Other School Fees, and
of FHE Similar or Related fees.
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Tertiary Education
2
Subsidy (TES)
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MAJOR PROVISIONS

What is Tertiary Education Subsidy?

 Grants-in-Aid Program prioritize
support to student from the poorest
of the poor household

TES  TES will cover in both Private and

Public Higher Education Institutions
is..
 Provide additional support to
cover other financial requirements
of Tertiary Education.
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Priorities to receive TES...
1. ESGPPA Beneficiaries Expanded Student Grants-in-Aid Program for
Poverty Alleviation

2. Students studying in private HEIs in cities/municipalities with

no existing SUC or CHED-recognized LUC campus (main &
satellite – extension campuses are excluded)

3. Students from households that are poor or near-poor

based on the National Household Targeting System or
Listahanan 2.0 (ranked according to per capita income)

4. Other students ranked according to their per capita income

based on document(s) of proof of income
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Free TVET
3 Free Technical Vocational Education and
Training in State-Run Technical
Vocational Institutes
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3. Free TVET
All Filipino currently enrolled or to be enrolled in TVET
Programs in Public Training Institution…
What is FREE
1. Will no longer pay... 2. and Will RECEIVE...
TVET?
 Tuition Fee  Daily Allowance
 Other School Fees  Starter Toolkits
 Assessment Fees

 Enrolled in TESDA-registered TVET Programs offered in a

public training institutions (SUC, LUC, LGU-run TVI, TESDA Technological
Institutes)
Conditions  First National Certificate I, II and III (NC IV or V will only be free if
to avail of these are part of a bundled program)
Free TVET  Trainee should not fail any TVET course / subject / program to
continue receiving benefits
 Trainees with undergraduate degrees are not covered
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3. Free TVET continuation…

Free Training Costs (Consumables, Cost of
utilities, Honorarium of trainers)
Free Miscellaneous fees ccident/insurance
(a
fee, access to library/learning resource center, school ID
card, medical/dental services, student support services)
Mga Benefits
na makuha sa Free National Competency
Free TVET Assessment Fee
Daily Living Allowance
Instructional Materials Allowance
Starter Toolkit
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Student Loan
4
Program (SLP)
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MAJOR PROVISIONS

4 Student Loan Program

TYPES 1. Short-term Loan
OF SLP 2. Long-term Loan
All Filipino in the undergraduate and
graduate level (including medicine and
WHO
law) who enrol in programs that are listed
CAN
in the CHED REGISTRY of quality-assured
AVAIL
programs offered in SUCs, LUCs State-run
OF SLP
TVIs, private HEIs, and private TVIs can
avail of SLP.