Tuition

MANILA, Philippines – Lawmakers suggested yesterday various measures to lessen the burden of families hit by increased tuition and other fees in schools.

Manila, Philippines – Close to 300 colleges and universities in the country will hike tuition this year, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) announced yesterday.

THE Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Tuesday said it is confident that less number of private colleges and universities will implement tuition increase amid various student groups raising alarm on the expected hike. In an interview with Executive Director Julito Vitriolo, the commission expects only around 20 percent, or less of the total population…

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Thursday warned higher education institutions (HEIs) against raising their tuition, saying that there is a process to increase tuition that includes consultation with parents and students. Lawyer Julito Vitriolo, CHED executive director, made the warning after students of several private colleges and universities complained to them of tuition…

MORE public high school students will be making the jump to exclusive schools next year after the government hiked its tuition subsidy under a government assistance program.

CEBU, Philippines – Only a few private schools nationwide have applied for tuition fee increase this school year.

THE Commission on Higher Education said on Monday that the approved tuition hike of 339 higher learning institutions is “irreversible” despite threats of protests from parents and students.

MANILA, Philippines – Despite appeals by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) not to increase their tuition, 339 colleges and universities went on with their fee hikes for academic year 2010-2011.

PRIVATE schools are jacking up their tuition by as much as 15 percent for the coming school year, the Department of Education (DepEd) said on Thursday.

MANILA, Philippines – Only a few private elementary and high schools have raised tuition fees for school year 2010-11.

MANILA, Philippines – The National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) lambasted the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for its alleged soft stance against schools that illegally imposed tuition fee hikes for academic year 2010-2011.

ABOUT 399 colleges and universities have raised matriculation fees for this year, with some going as high as 13 percent for school year 2010 to 2011, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said Friday.

Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairman Dr. Emmanuel Angeles assured that there will be no tuition increase in the Polytechnic University (PUP) of the Philippines and in other state universities and colleges (SUC) across the country.

COLLEGES and universities can increase their tuition as much as they want but should get the nod of students and their parents first, according to the Commission on Higher Education (Ched).

MANILA, Philippines – The National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) and the Kabataan party-list yesterday called on the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to impose a tuition increase moratorium.

Students and youth groups are gearing up for a huge protest action against tuition and other school fee increase while public and private schools gear up for protests against tuition and other fee increases.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) said that only a minimal number of private elementary and high schools raised tuition fees for school year 2009-2010, easing problems of a surge in migration of students from private to public schools.

Education Secretary Jesli Lapus yesterday ordered school heads to strictly prohibit the collection of any fees from public school students during the entire month of June.

MANILA, Philippines – President Arroyo has ordered the Department of Education (DepEd) to strictly enforce the policy against the collection of any fees from pre-school up to grade four in public schools.

President Arroyo has ordered the Commission on Higher Education to drop the “no-payment, no-periodical examination” policy and adopt instead a “flexible, socially sensitive” tuition payment plan for all state colleges and universities.

MANILA, Philippines – Youth groups said yesterday the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) should investigate schools increasing their “miscellaneous” fees, not just monitor tuition hikes.

MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said yesterday 129 colleges and universities all over the country are pushing through with their plan to raise tuition fees for academic year 2009-2010.

MANILA, Philippines—President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has signed an executive order (EO) for the drafting of “flexible, socially sensitive” tuition fee payment plans in state colleges and universities.