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Monday, April 18, 2005
9 Cordillera schools set to increase tuition
By Rimaliza Opina
BAGUIO CITY -- Nine colleges and universities in the Cordillera region will increase school fees this coming school year.
The Commission Higher Education (Ched) in the region said the University of Cordilleras (UC), Baguio-Benguet Christian College (BBCC), Saint Louis University (SLU), Baguio Central University (BCU), Easter College (EC), Cordillera Career Development College (CCDC) and Data Center College of the Philippines (DCCP) in Baguio and in Abra were poised to impose the tuition increase.
The CCDC has proposed the lowest increase, which asked for a two percent adjustment in tuition. The BCU also lowered its proposed increase from 10 to five percent.
The DCCP in Baguio and in Abra, meantime, recorded the highest proposed increases at 34 percent for non-computer subjects, 60 percent for computer subjects and 33 percent in sports fees.
The Luzon Nazarene Bible College came next with a 17.85 percent increase for undergraduate courses and a 17.85 percent hike in miscellaneous fees.
The BBCC and EC, meanwhile, are also set to impose a 15 percent tuition increase.
Despite an earlier statement from its student-leaders that they would oppose any increase, UC plans to implement a 9.99 percent increase in tuition and miscellaneous fees after the school's Supreme Student Government reportedly finally agreed to the proposal last April 2.
The SLU, on the other hand, could impose not only a 10 percent increase in tuition and five percent miscellaneous fees but also the carry-over scheme pending the resolution of the case filed by its student government.
Ched mandates that notices containing the proposed increase in school fees have to be posted within the school premises, after which a mandatory consultation among students will take place to give way to a possible plea bargaining agreement.
(April 18, 2005 issue)
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