UNIFIED STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR TERTIARY EDUCATION (UniFAST)
RA 10687 “Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education” (UniFAST) is an act that reconciles, improves, strengthens, expands, and puts under one body all government-funded modalities of Student Financial Assistance Programs (StuFAPs) for Tertiary Education – and special purpose education assistance – in both public and private institutions.
These modalities include scholarship, grants-in-aid, student loans and other specialized forms of StuFAPs formulated by the UniFAST BOARD.
RA 10931 “Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act (UAQTEA)” is an act promoting universal access to quality tertiary education by providing free tuition and other school fees in State Universities and Colleges, Local Universities and Colleges, and State-Run Technical-Vocational Institutions, establishing the Tertiary Education Subsidy and Student Loan Program, strengthening the Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education, and appropriating fund therefore,” as stated in the title of the Law.
Programs under UAQTEA?
· Free Higher Education (FHE)
· Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES)
· Free Technical-Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Post- Secondary State-Run TVIs
· Student Loan Program (SLP)
For more details, kindly click the link provided below.
https://unifast.gov.ph