To every Filipino parent and student's delight, President Rodrigo Duterte signed on August 3, a new law providing free education for millions of students in public tertiary and vocational schools accross the country! As a parent of 4 kids myself, this is good news indeed! Many thanks to President Duterte!
Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra made the announcement in an August 4 forum.
The free tuition law signed by President Rodrigo Duterte last Thursday covers a total of 112 state universities and colleges in the Philippines.
Republic Act 10931 or "Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act," which Congress ratified in May and was transmitted to the Office of the President on July 5, provides full tuition subsidy for students in State Universities and Colleges (SUCs), local universities and colleges, and state-run technical-vocational schools.
According to the Department of Budget and Management's list, however, there are eight SUCs in Metro Manila, 49 in the rest of Luzon, 26 in Visayas, and 31 in Mindanao.
The list brings the total number of SUCs to 114, as there are three entries for Mindanao State University (MSU)—including the MSU Iligan Institute of Technology and the MSU Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography.
Here is the list of all state universities and colleges covered by the law:
National Capital Region
- Eulogio 'Amang' Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology
- Marikina Polytechnic College
- Philippine Normal University
- Philippine State College of Aeronautics
- Polytechnic University of the Philippines
- Rizal Technological University
- Technological University of the Philippines
- University of the Philippines System
- Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University
- Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College
- Mariano Marcos State University
- North Luzon Philippines State College
- Pangasinan State University
- University of Northern Philippines
- Abra State Institute of Science and Technology
- Apayao State College
- Benguet State University
- Ifugao State University
- Kalinga State University
- Mountain Province State University
- Batanes State College
- Cagayan State University
- Isabela State University
- Nueva Vizcaya State University
- Quirino State University
- Aurora State College of Technology
- Bataan Peninsula State University
- Bulacan Agricultural State College
- Bulacan State University
- Central Luzon State University
- Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University
- Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology
- Pampanga State Agricultural University
- Philippine Merchant Marine Academy
- Ramon Magsaysay Technological University
- Tarlac College of Agriculture
- Tarlac State University
- Batangas State University
- Cavite State University
- Laguna State Polytechnic University (Laguna State Polytechnic College)
- Southern Luzon State University
- University of Rizal System
- Marinduque State College
- Mindoro State College of Agriculture and Technology
- Occidental Mindoro State College
- Palawan State University
- Romblon State University
- Western Philippines University
- Bicol University
- Bicol State College of Applied Sciences and Technology
- Camarines Norte State College
- Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges
- Catanduanes State University
- Central Bicol State University of Agriculture
- Dr. Emilio B. Espinosa, Sr. Memorial State College of Agriculture and Technology
- Partido State University
- Sorsogon State College
- Aklan State University
- Capiz State University
- Carlos C. Hilado Memorial State College
- Guimaras State College
- Iloilo State College of Fisheries
- Central Philippines State University
- Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College
- Northern Negros State College of Science and Technology
- University of Antique
- Iloilo Science and Technology University
- West Visayas State University
- Bohol Island State University
- Cebu Normal University
- Cebu Technological University
- Negros Oriental State University
- Siquijor State College
- Eastern Samar State University
- Eastern Visayas State University
- Leyte Normal University
- Naval State University
- Northwest Samar State University
- Palompom Polytechnic State University
- Samar State University
- Southern Leyte State University
- University of Eastern Philippines
- Visayas State University
- J.H Cerilles State College
- Jose Rizal Memorial State University
- Western Mindanao State University
- Zamboanga City State Polytechnic College
- Zamboanga State College of Marine Sciences and Technology
- Bukidnon State University
- Camiguin Polytechnic State College
- Central Mindanao University
- University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines - Cagayan De Oro Campus
- MSU - Iligan Institute of Technology
- University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines - Claveria Campus
- Northwestern Mindanao State College of Science and Technology
- Compostela Valley State College
- Davao Del Norte State College
- Davao Oriental State College of Science and Technology
- Southern Philippines Agri-Business and Marine and Aquatic School of Technology
- University of Southern Philippines
- Cotabato State University
- Cotabato Foundation College of Science and Technology
- Sultan Kudarat State University
- University of Southern Mindanao
- Adiong Memorial Polytechnic State College
- Basilan State College
- Mindanao State University
- MSU-Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography
- Sulu State College
- Tawi-Tawi Regional Agricultural College
- Agusan del Sur State College of Agriculture and Technology
- Caraga State University (Northern Mindanao State Institute of Science and Technology)
- Surigao del Sur State University
- Surigao State College of Technology
Again, thank you President Duterte!
