FORMER Senator Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. urged Congress to invest in the youth and restore the budget cuts in the education sector.

The Department of Budget and Management recommended that the P62.3 billion budget sought by the Commission on Higher Education be reduced to P52.6 billion.

“Without sufficient budget, how can the learning institutions like universities and colleges provide a good education?” he said.

“How can CHED, the very agency that administers and regulates them, carry out its mandate properly? Ang malulugi ay ang mga estudyante. Paano mabibigyan ng scholarship ‘yung mga mahihirap na gustong makapag-kolehiyo?” he added.

Marcos said that the country needs experts to be globally competitive.

“Kailangan natin ng mga eksperto, mga responsive, innovative, at globally competitive citizens para madaling makabangon ang bansa natin sa pagkalugmok dahil sa pandemiya. At magiging dalubhasa ang mga mamamayan by getting a college degree,” he said