A senior deputy minority leader has called out the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for its poor utilization of the Higher Education Development Fund (HEDF).
Asenior deputy minority leader has called out the Commission on Higher Education for its poor utilization of the Higher Education Development Fund .
“I have serious concerns regarding the utilization of this fund. Data shows that P10 billion of the 2021 HEDF remains unspent, sitting idly in the coffers,” he said. “At the rate the CHED is going, I fear that not even one percent of these poor students will get support from the government.” “I have defended the budget of the CHED for the past couple of years, in the august halls of Congress, during those grueling yet important budget hearings. I fervently believe that the CHED is a key agency in giving the poor more opportunities to escape poverty, especially after it was empowered by RA 10931 ,” he added. “After seeing their underutilization of this budget–which also equates to, in my mind, a lack of compassion–I can’t help but regret taking up the cudgels for them in the House.
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