Under-spending Suppresses Education Ministry Budget

Speaking at a media briefing last Thursday, Nkate said this made it difficult to argue for a budget increment in the budget sessions of Parliament. He said this was the case in 2007 when the ministry submitted a P2.2 billion budget.

"Unfortunately, at the time the first cohorts of 10,384 students were already enrolled and sponsored at local private tertiary institutions," he stated. He said at the end of the financial year, March 2008, there was an over expenditure of P160 million at which point the second enrolment was already on stream.