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NOW: House budget deliberations for CHED 2022 budget

During the last hearing, the Commission on Higher Education asked lawmakers to help restore some P9.7 billion in funds that the DBM slashed from the commission's 2022 budget proposal of P62.3 billion. | via @bnzmagsambol

@bnzmagsambol Chairman Prospero de De Vera III says that CHED needs the slashed funds in order to implement laws passed by Congress, such as the Doktor Para sa Bayan Act. #BudgetWatch | via @bnzmagsambol

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@bnzmagsambol CHED submitted a proposal worth P62,397,993,000 for its 2022 budget to the DBM, but the budget agency only recommended P52,603,169 for the NEP. #BudgetWatch | via @bnzmagsambol

@bnzmagsambol De Vera says CHED proposal to expand limited face-to-face classes to other programs has been endorsed by IATF. It is now awaiting Duterte's approval. #BudgetWatch | via @bnzmagsambol

@bnzmagsambol LOOK: Here are the programs affected by the slashed P9.7 billion in CHED 2022 budget

No budget was allocated for the Doktor Para sa Bayan Act. #BudgetWatch | via @bnzmagsambol

@bnzmagsambol Doktor Para sa Bayan Act aims to establish a Medical Scholarship and Return Service (MSRS) program for deserving students in SUCs or in partner private higher education institutions in regions where no SUCs offer a medical course. #BudgetWatch | via @bnzmagsambol