Iriga university says gov’t subsidy, non-profit model drive more students to private schools - BusinessWorld Online

Iriga university says gov’t subsidy, non-profit model drive more students to private schools - BusinessWorld Online

Non-profit initiatives and government subsidies are helping attract more students to private schools amid a nationwide decline in enrollment, according to the University of Saint Anthony (USANT) in Iriga City. “Under the Tertiary Education Subsidy, the cities without any SUCs (state universities and colleges), students who are residents of the city were given a subsidy,” USANT President Emmanuel “Mickey” SD. Ortega told BusinessWorld in an inter…