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Quezon City 1st District Rep. Arjo Atayde has filed a bill that seeks to impose a moratorium on the payment of student loans in times of calamities and emergencies. House Bill 7279 imposes a moratorium of the enforcement of payment of all fees, charges, and costs relating to student loans administered by higher education institutions […]
Senator Bong Go stressed the importance of improving access to education for more Filipinos, especially the financially incapacitated ones who were hardest hit by the pandemic, as he co-sponsored Senate Bill No. 1864, otherwise known as the “Student Loan Payment Moratorium During Disasters and Emergencies Act of 2022”. “The COVID-19 pandemic has put the Filipino […]
Senator Lito Lapid has filed Senate Bill No. 274 which seeks to establish the College Living Expenses Financing (CLEF) program to support higher studies of Filipino students of good academic standing. The bill, once it becomes a law, will mandate the national government to set up a loan guarantee fund for student loans to be […]
A lawmaker pushed for the full implementation of the Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) under the Free College Tuition Law, which is a low-interest student loans program, in which students will amortize their tuition loans only when they reach a certain income level. Albay Representative Joey Salceda said the scheme will ensure that every student […]