Manila, May 25 -- Solid North Party-list Rep. Ching Bernos on Monday called on the Commission on Higher Education and local government units (LGUs) to help senior high school (SHS) graduates who are unable to enroll for college this year due to financial constraints.

"I hope that the CHED and our LGUs will help our SHS graduates who wish to enroll for this year but are unable to do so due to poverty. Even simply guiding them towards available scholarship programs that they could access would already be a huge boost," Bernos, a member of the House Committee on Higher and Technical Education, said in a statement.

She also called on CHED and LGUs to be proactive in identifying students who may be eligible for higher-learning subsidies, em...