President Duterte has called on private schools to offer staggered tuition fee payment schemes to ease the financial burden of parents in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
The President made the appeal after endorsing the “blended” or flexible learning methods proposed by the Department of Education in lieu of face-to-face classes to protect learners and teachers from the coronavirus threat.
To parents having difficulty in coming up with money to pay their children’s tuition fees, the President said they can borrow funds from the Land Bank of the Philippines. He said the government may be “hard-pressed” in its finances but remains committed to put a premium on education. “So that this would be another round of expenses but Land Bank is there to help you,” he said.
“If it is compromised, it should be negligible so that it should go on because the future of this country depends on how we educate our young people,” he said.
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