The office of the Commission on Higher Education - Cordillera (CHED-CAR) has announced that around 30,000 poor members of the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in Cordillera region will benefit from the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act of 2017, according to Philippine News Agency.

CHED-Cordillera Officer-In-Charge Ma. Geraldine Casipit told Philippine News Agency in an interview that the Republic Act (RA) 10931, also known as the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education will benefit the six major State and Colleges (SUCs) in the region.

According to Casipit, the new law will save poor indigent family from financial burden like selling their farms just to get their children to colleges and universities.

State Colleges and Universities that can accommodate Free College Education for poor indigent Cordillerans are:

Ifugao State University
Mountain Province State Polytechnic College
Kalinga State University
Benguet State University
Abra State Institute of Science and Technology
Apayao State College

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