Almost 95 schools violate ‘no graduation fee policy’; Youth groups demands DepEd for Refund
Fri, Mar 19, 2010
Students led by the Kabataan Partylist ang the National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) trooped to the Department of Education- Main office to demand DepEd to release a memo calling all the schools that have violated the “no graduation fee policy” to refund the fees paid by the students and parents.
Babaylan Garduce, NUSP- Highschool Chairperson, said that they have received hundreds of complaints from students and parents since they launched the complaint hotline weeks ago.
Based on the Kabataan Partylist Hotline partial count, at least 95 schools are still collecting fees for graduation. Some have even reported that they already paid their graduation fees and they want their payment back.
“It is our position that school administrations should not impose graduation and other corollary fees on our students and parents as these fees are inconsistent with long-standing government policy of making basic education free and accessible to our youth. It is our belief that whatever fees that had already been paid by our students in this regard must be refunded and all further plans to impose such be suspended,” Garduce said.
NUSP and Kabataan Partylist urge the DepEd to be strict in monitoring and implementing the DepEd Order. The students demand the DepEd to release another memorandum commanding the schools to refund the graduation fees that they have collected.
Kabataan Partylist have also submitted a letter today, requesting a dialogue to the Department of Education. We will bring along complaining parents and students in order to substantiate the complaints, and provide them an adequate opportunity to address their grievances.##
Dear sir/madam,
Dont know where to enquire, pls reply and guide me exactly where to. I subsidised my grandson Bobby Corate Jr. from childhood till present. he is now graduating on his BSN at Our Lady of perpetual help School of Nursing in Molino, Bacoor, Cavite on the 8th of this month. He
My grandson is a bright student with good academics, and studied extremely hard to achieve what has been required of him. He is terribly stressed and depressed of the situation. My pension last month paid the other balance and nothing was left on me at this point of time.
I would be very grateful if you would kindly attend to this matter at your most early convenience.
Thank you.
Respectfully,
Protacio J Corate (Mr)
My cell number is 09107573663
My grandson`s number: 09262406986
Dear sir/madam,
Dont know where to enquire, pls reply and guide me exactly where to. I subsidised my grandson Bobby Corate Jr. from childhood till present. he is now graduating on his BSN at Our Lady of perpetual help School of Nursing in Molino, Bacoor, Cavite on the 8th of this month. He still owes the school 19,000 pesos and i promise to settle it by the end of this month, I paid 20,000 pesos last Wednesday for the 39,000 pesos balance including the 6,800 pesos graduation fee at PICC.
My grandson is a bright student with good academics, and studied extremely hard to achieve what has been required of him. He is terribly stressed and depressed of the situation. My pension last month paid the other balance and nothing was left on me at this point of time.
I would be very grateful if you would kindly attend to this matter at your most early convenience.
Thank you.
Respectfully,
Protacio J Corate (Mr)
My cell number is 09107573663
My grandson`s number: 09262406986