MANILA, Philippines — There is a precedent to the Higher Education Development Fund (HEDF) being used for college students' scholarships, contrary to claims by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Northern Samar 1st District Rep. Paul Daza claimed. Daza in a statement on Monday said that the P10 billion HEDF was already used for scholarships in the past, despite CHED Chairperson Prospero de Vera III saying that he does not know where the idea of the HEDF as a scholarship fund came from. According to the lawmaker, around P2 billion of the HEDF in 2016 was used for student support.

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