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MANILA, Philippines — Some P2.06 billion, set aside in the 2025 General Appropriations Act for the government’s Tulong Dunong program (TDP), is expected to benefit 137,000 college students nationwide.

Quezon City Rep. Marvin Rillo, vice chairperson of the House of Representatives’ higher and technical education committee, said that each program beneficiary would receive P15,000 in cash assistance this year.

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In a statement on Sunday, Rillo, who is also a member of the House appropriations panel, said: “In the 2025 General Appropriations Law, Congress earmarked the sum of P2.06 billion for the TDP, which provides grantees with cash aid of P7,500 per semester, or P15,000 per academic year.”

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“We are absolutely determined to keep up the annual funding for the TDP, which has helped to lessen the financial difficulties of students pursuing their college education,” Rillo pointed out.

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The TDP, under the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd), is among the government’s tertiary education subsidy programs.

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It aims to “support at least the partial cost of college schooling, inclusive of education-related expenses of the grantee.”

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To avail of the TDP, both new and continuing grantees must be enrolled in any undergraduate program in a CHEd-accredited public or private college or university.

Beneficiaries are required to submit certified true copies or electronically generated certificates of enrollment in the CHEd-recognized school.

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