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The Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education (UniFAST)


The Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education, or UniFAST, also known as Republic Act No. 10687, was passed into law on 15 October 2015. 


The UniFAST System is to be the legal instrument for national human resources development intended to promote social justice and to provide all citizens access to quality education to increase participation rate among all socio-economic classes in tertiary education, especially the poor but academically able and highly motivated students.


Its specific objectives are:


to allocate and utilize properly all government resources intended for students through effective beneficiary targeting;

to ensure consistency, continuity, and efficient coordination of student financial assistance policies and programs;

to ensure regional equity in the distribution of student financial assistance slots;

to produce a pool of highly quali... [Detailed Introduction]