Section 2Sec./Art. 2

Declaration of Policy. It is the declared policy of the State to promote social justice and pursuant thereto, provide all its citizens access to quality education. Towards this end, the State shall provide adequate funding and such other mechanisms to increase the participation rate among all socioeconomic classes in Tertiary Education, especially the poor but academically able and highly motivated students. This policy should enable them to successfully pursue and complete Tertiary Education programs in quality institutions, thereby promoting equitable and Rationalized Access by poor Filipinos to quality Tertiary Education.

The existing publicly-funded national government programs for Scholarships, Grants-in-Aid, and Student Loans for Tertiary Education are hereby unified and harmonized to improve their efficiency and to ensure that deserving Filipinos are given equitable access to educational opportunities.