State colleges get 50% increase in budget, new ways of learning

Education is key to building the next generation, particularly in today’s fast-changing landscape.  Seeming to recognize this, the Aquino administration reflects this priority in its proposed budget for next year.  If approved by Congress, the 2013 budget would increase the budget of state universities and colleges (SUCs) by almost 50% – from P25.85 billion in 2012 to P37.12 billion in 2013. Ideas about education are also changing – from the more structured traditional classes to what one school calls blended learning.

Read more about the budget increase and one school’s idea of ‘blended learning’ – all on Rappler.