High dropout rate in colleges

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This is a disturbing development that requires urgent action by the national government, particularly the Commission on Higher Education .

The lockdowns forced colleges and universities to resort to online learning, which required ready access to computers—laptops, PCs, cellphones—that students coming from needy families could hardly afford. Third, the increasing cost of living also prevented college level students from continuing their studies.

These reasons were cited by CHEd during the recent Senate deliberations on the proposed 2024 budget of the agency. That offers cold comfort for poor families now keeping their college-level students at home or out in the streets trying to earn their keep.

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