The National Union of the Philippines (NUSP) called for a moratorium on tuition and other school fees increases for 2012 during the May 9, 2012 hearing set by the Committee on Higher and Technical Education of the House of Representatives. Ms. Isabelle Therese M. Baguisi, Secretary General of NUSP, underscored the need for a [...]
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
The National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) expresses its strong objection to the continuing school fee increases and the apparent light-handed approach the government has taken with regard to the issue. The fee increases in both private and public schools have evolved from being prohibitive in nature to being actual deterrents for millions [...]
Sunday, April 15, 2012
The National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) is one with the people of Baguio city in their efforts to preserve the natural beauty of Baguio City and in their fight against the destruction of the environment following SM’s expansion prospects. “The song ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ tells of how ‘they paved paradise to [...]
Monday, May 24, 2010
The National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) and the Kabataan Partylist today launched “Balik-eskwela” hotline to gather complaints from parents and students regarding school violations on tuition and other fees consultation. According to earlier statements from CHED, the 339 schools it has approved to increase may be sliced down should CHED be able [...]
Saturday, May 22, 2010
The National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) and the Kabataan Partylist vowed to “stop the current wave of tuition and other fee increases nationwide.” The youth groups also warned CHED of militant mass demonstrations should the latter fail to heed the call of parents and students for a tuition hike moratorium. According to [...]
Saturday, March 27, 2010
The National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) and Kabataan Party-list led high school students and their parents in a picket in front of the Department of Education today to demand a refund of all illegally collected graduation fees. “With graduation in elementary and secondary schools already underway, parents were forced to pay illegal [...]
Friday, March 19, 2010
The National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) and the Kabataan Partylist filed a complaint letter today to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) chairman Emmanuel Angeles regarding tuition and other fee increases (TOFI) in colleges and universities nationwide. According to Einstein Recedes, NUSP national president, the letter aims to inform CHED of the [...]
Friday, February 26, 2010
Calls for tuition moratorium intensify, CHED “toothless” The National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP), together with Kabataan Partylist and students from different public and private schools, gear up for protests against tuition and other fee increases. “We, the students, have no choice but to defend our right to education. It is becoming very [...]
Friday, February 12, 2010
Youths and students marched today to the Supreme Court to demand the immediate release of the 43 health workers illegally arrested by the military in Morong, Rizal. The National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP), Kabataan Partylist, and other national youth and student organizations also pressed the SC to penalize the military agents involved [...]
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
The National Union of Students of the Philippines welcomed a bill filed in Congress seeking to junk the “no permit no exam” policy imposed by colleges and universities. Filed as HB 6799 by Kabataan Partylist, the bill proposed (some detail) “We commend the Kabataan partylist for addressing such a concern by this legislation. The bill [...]
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