222 of 2,181 private colleges and universities nationwide will raise their tuition rates by an average of 10 percent or P41.52 per unit when the next school year opens in June, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said.
In the college level, the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) expects more than three million students to enrol in 2,247 public and private Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Friday vowed it will “get tough” and run after substandard schools, warning colleges and universities all over the country to improve their education standards or face closure.
Even as the Commission on Higher Education is not mandated by law to set tuition fee ceilings, Speaker Prospero Nograles said private schools have the social and moral responsibility not to treat profits as their reason for existence.
To enhance the quality of education and improve the schools’ facilities, the Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA) on Thursday insisted that “tuition hike is inevitable” especially for private schools.
Eight out of the 17 private schools, colleges and universities in this city were allowed by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in Zamboanga peninsula (Region 9) to increase their respective tuition fees effective school year 2013-2014.
Some private universities and colleges in Cebu will be implementing tuition increases from 5 percent to 10 percent for the coming school year this June.
The Commission on Higher Education has advised private schools against increasing tuition and commended a moratorium on increases imposed in state universities and colleges, officials said on Monday.
A TOTAL of 30 private higher education schools in Western Visayas will increase their tuition and other school fees by nine percent as approved by the Commission on Higher Education (Ched).
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The Commission on Higher Education and the Department of Education have approved the 5- percent to 10-percent increase in the tuition of 260 private elementary and high schools across the country and 343 of the 451 private colleges and universities.
Nine private colleges in Eastern Visayas region were allowed by the Commission on Higher Education (Ched) to increase their school fees for school year 2013-2014.
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in Region 12 has endorsed for approval by its central office the application of 16 private colleges and universities in the region to increase their tuition and other fees this school year.
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For private high schools, colleges and universities, survival is the name of the game when the roll-out of the K to 12 (kindergarten to Grade 12) reform is completed.
Private colleges and universities can go ahead and implement their planned tuition increase this school year as the Supreme Court removed the legal barrier for its implementation.
For private high schools, colleges and universities, survival is the name of the game when the roll-out of the K to 12 (kindergarten to Grade 12) reform is completed.
Of the 60 private colleges and universities in Western Mindanao, also called the Zamboanga peninsula, only 18 applied for tuition fee increase for school year (SY) 2013-2014. But the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) office in the region only approved 13 of these applications because the six others failed to fully comply with the agency’s guidelines.
The Philippines Senate has approved a landmark bill to provide free tuition for students in all state universities and colleges. The Free Higher Education for All Act was passed unanimously on Monday by a vote of 18-0. The bill establishes an initial tuition subsidy fund of PHP15 billion (US$298 million) administered by the Commission on Higher Education or CHED, the country’s higher education governing body. It also provides financial assistance to students in private and vocational institutions. More than 1.6 million students currently enrolled in one of the 112 state institutions will be covered by the fund. “This bill is for the Filipino youth who are struggling to finish their college education as well as their parents who are working hard to pay for the expenses of their schooling,” said Senator Paolo Benigno Aquino, the bill’s author. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, a co-sponsor of the bill, also lauded the move, the final stage in the bill’s passage through parliament. “This is a collective victory for those of us who believe that equitable access to education at all levels is the foundation upon which we may build a just and prosperous future for our country,” he said in a statement. The passage of the bill comes nearly three months after Congress allocated PHP8.3 billion (US$165 million) under the 2017 national budget to provide free tuition for students in state universities and colleges for the upcoming academic year, and means that free tuition becomes law rather than depending on the yearly budget. Gatchalian first tabled free tuition legislation in July 2015 when he was a member of the House of Representatives, or lower house, but the bill did not succeed in its passage through the Philippines parliament. While acknowledging last year’s budgetary increase was “a promising start”, he continued to push for a bill to “make the free tuition policy in state universities and colleges a permanent reality”. ‘Unintended consequences’ The Kabataan Partylist, a youth party in the House of Repr