Why slashing the budget for universities isn’t a good idea

(Or how the culture eats our brains)

by Jenn Besonia

Anyone who’s a college student must have seen lots of theirs schoolmates, or even they themselves, protest against the alleged budget cut for State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) recently. While Senator Drilon’s explanation is convincing enough that there’s actually an increase in the budget for SUCs, P-Noy’s statement is contradictory to what the senator said. According to PNoy in the news article Noynoy Makes Whirlwind Visit to Baguio for a Jollibee Burger, “We had to reduce the money meant for SUCs so we can augment [the budget for] basic education.”