Manifesto of Unity Against the Proposed 5% Increase on Tuition and Other Fees We, the students of the University of Santo Tomas express our opposition on the proposed 5% tuition and other fees increase (TOFI) with the following stands: A. Yearly TOFI appends the aggravating financial condition of Thomasians and Filipinos. For the past decade, [...]
As proposals for tuition and school fees increases have been set by school administrations, the National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) together with different student councils, political parties, organizations and individuals launched last month the Tuition Monitor Network (TMN). Aimed at creating a safeguard against questionable school fees increase consultations that often occur [...]
Student Union to launch Tuition Monitor Network in preparation for this year’s tuition consultation season; leaders call for genuine student consultation and not mere “information dissemination” of school fee increases. Launch set to happen on JANUARY 18, Friday, 10:00AM at the Office of the Student Regent, UP Diliman What are the objectives of Tuition Monitor? [...]
With less than a month to the end of the temporary restraining order (TRO) on the Cybercrime Prevention Law (RA 10175), youth and students must once again unite to express our rejection of this unconstitutional and dangerous law. The National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) calls for the junking of Cybercrime Law for [...]
Youth groups led by the National Union of Students of the Philippines-Cebu (NUSP Cebu) and ANAKBAYAN CIT-U expresses its alarm to the Commission on Higher Education-Regional Office VII (CHEDRO-VII) over several complaints of students against the No Permit, No Exam Policy in the Cebu Institute of Technology- University (CIT-U). “The No Permit, No Exam Policy [...]
The Education for All Alliance maintains that education is a right and should be made accessible to all. We, youth and students; parents; school faculty and employees; and concerned citizens, assert that access to education must be protected. We view the continuing commercialization of education as an attack on the right to education as less [...]
01 March – As the deadline for filing for tuition increase nears, The National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) has pushed the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) to seriously consider its position in allowing these fees. NUSP Secretary-General Isabelle Baguisi says that CHEd should not act as mere arbiters between students and schools. [...]
We, the Filipino youth, stand against the unabated increase in tuition and other fees. In the past decade, there has been an alarming jump in base tuition rates, with the nationwide average in tuition fees increasing by 108% and the national capital region’s going up by 143%. Aggravating the problem of rising tuition rates is [...]
The “no permit, no exam” policy preventing students from taking exams due to payment issues has proven to be a damaging rule that has cost many students their good academic standing while adding undue stress to students and families. This practice is expressly prohibited in the Commisision on Higher Education’s (CHED) Manual for Regulation of [...]
Saturday, February 16, 2013
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