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Saturday, June 04, 2005
More schools raise their fees
By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez
CEBU CITY -- Twenty-six more private elementary and secondary schools are raising tuition and other school fees this year compared to last year’s figures, Department of Education (DepEd) 7 records show.
After a drop to 45 schools in 2004 from 48 the previous year, a total of 71 schools in Cebu Province gave DepEd 7 the requirements to raise tuition and students’ fees. They met last month’s deadline.
While majority of the institutions are increasing their fees by 10 percent, some schools are raising their charges by 50 to 85 percent.
Education authorities have attributed the increase in enrolment to the transfer of students from private to public schools during the last school year.
They saw it as one of the causes of worsening congestion in public schools and the lack of textbooks, desks and armchairs.
This year’s list of private elementary schools with higher fees include 13 schools from Cebu City, like the University of San Carlos-south campus, University of San Jose-Recoletos, St. Theresa’s College, Colegio dela Inmaculada Concepcion, Cebu Institute of Technology, St. Benedict and Cebu Cherish School.
They are raising their enrolment fees by 10 percent.
Don Bosco Technology Center sought the highest increase at 12 percent, while USC-north campus and Sacred Heart School-Jesuit are raising their tuition by 10.7 and eight percent, respectively.
Mandaue City’s Mandaue Christian Academy and You Are Special Learning Center are seeking to raise their tuition by 85 and 50 percent, respectively.
Carcar Christian School also applied for an increase of 42 percent, among the 11 schools in the Cebu Schools Division.
Dr. Susie Cabrera of DepEd 7’s elementary school division said the schools filed their intent to increase by submitting the requirements.
These include a detailed schedule of the proposed tuition and other fees and the minutes of the consultation with parents, who should agree to the increase.
Schools also need to submit to DepEd 7 a certification of allocation. This will show that 70 percent of the increase implemented during the previous school year went to teachers’ pay and 20 percent was spent on improvements of school facilities.
Only 10 percent of the increase should be taken as profit.
Aside from the basic education institutions, 13 colleges and universities in Cebu submitted to the Commission on Higher Education 7 their letters of intent to raise tuition and school fees this school year. (Sun.Star Cebu/Sunnex)
(June 4, 2005 issue)
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