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Practice question: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

A public scholarship plan gives special attention to deserving underprivileged students in public and private schools. An objection says Article XIV requires all scholarship resources to be confined to affluent private-school students. Which response follows Section 2(3)?
  1. Only affluent students are mentioned.
  2. Public-school students are expressly barred.
  3. Underprivileged need can never be considered.
  4. The Constitution contemplates scholarships, loans, subsidies and incentives for deserving students in both sectors, especially the underprivileged.
  5. Every applicant automatically receives an unlimited cash award.

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution, Article XIV, Sections 1-4 and 7: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html

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