In this weeks episode of the Digong Diaries Special (DDS) Podcast, Presidential Communications Assistant Secretary Margaux Uson discusses the governments free education program for State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) with Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Commissioner Prospero De Vera.

Starting SY 2018-2019, CHED is set to fully implement the Republic Act 10931 or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act of 2017. Under this law, not only the tuition fees of college students will be covered, but the miscellaneous fees, as well.

Seventy eight (78) Local Universities and Colleges (LUCs) will also benefit from this law.

The DDS Podcast is a tele-radio program that features President Duterte’s engagements and other activities of the Executive Branch.

Catch the program every Sundays at 9:00 AM in the RTVM and PCOO Facebook pages, with simultaneous podcast at 738 kHz Radyo Pilipinas 1 (RP1) AM station.

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