16 Davao schools, 268 private colleges, universities nationwide to increase tuition this year

Jun. 02, 2017

 

DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) approved the application of 32 colleges and universities in Davao Region, half of these found in this city, to increase tuition and school fees for this school year.

Nationwide, the CHED approved 268 private higher education institutions (HEI), 16 percent of the total number  of 1,652 private HEIs in the country, to increase tuition and other school fees for the incoming school year 2017-2018.

In a statement, CHED chairperson Patricia B. Licuanan said “(I)n the light of contending concerns and interests in society, there is a need to balance access issues with sustainability of educational institutions.”

She added that the schools must undergo “consultation, the proper allocation of tuition fees, and strict adherence with the processes that seek to make tuition and other school fee increases transparent, reasonable and affordable.”

The CHED has also allowed 237 schools to increase other school fees this year.

 

Double the price
The average tuition and other school fees hike doubled from last year’s P43.39 to this year’s P86.68 for tuition per unit and from P115.58 to P243.00 for other school fees.

SCHOOL

AVERAGE INCREASE IN TUITION PER UNIT

AVERAGE INCREASE IN OTHER FEES

Arriesgado College Foundation

P9.47

no increase

Assumption College of Nabunturan

P12.76

P2.59

Ateneo de Davao University

P61.99

P30.90

Cor Jesu College

P11.49

P13.07

Davao Doctors College

P18.82

P2.11

Davao Medical School FoundationCollege

P21.21

P27.12

DMMA College of Southern Philippines

P11.59

P16.47

General Baptist Bible College

P5.49

P6.86

Holy Child School of Davao

P10.66

P1.74

Holy Cross Academy of Sasa

P10.68

P5.89

Holy Cross College of Calinan

P49.75

P17.09

Holy Cross of Davao College

P39.57

P12.39

Institute of International Culinary and Hospitality Entrepreneurship Inc.

P17.98

P81.02

Joji Ilagan Career Center Foundation

P17.98

P32.21

Jose Maria College

P10.67

P7.36

Kapalong College of Agriculture,Sciences and

Technology

P35.33

P7.67

North Davao Colleges-Panabo

P7.93

P6.93

Philippine College of Technology

P64.56

P111.73

Philippine Women’s College of Davao

P25.00

P8.87

Polytechnic College of Davao del Sur

P11.19

P0.78

Saint Francis Xavier College Seminary

P8.45

no increase

Saint Mary’s College of Tagum

P15.80

P8.67

Saint Peter’s College of Toril

P11.24

P0.56

San Pedro College

P19.47

P3.72

Serapion C. Basalo MemorialFoundation College

P7.81

P8.66

St. Mary’s College Baganga

P4.16

P0.24

St. Thomas More School of Law andBusiness

no increase

P151.64

STI-College Davao

P28.00

P47.38

Tagum Doctors College

P11.96

P12.50

Tecarro College Foundation

P10.70

P8.66

University of Mindanao

P28.28

P27.90

University of the ImmaculateConception

P22.62

P1.42

 

No consultation

A student from Ateneo De Davao University lamented that students were not consulted properly on the university’s implementation of 5% increase in tuition and other fees.

“The consultation conducted during the second semester of the previous school year was not a consultation. It was more of a presentation of their proposed increase. There were only five students during the first consultation, and more than 20 students during the second,” said Megue Monteverde, incoming fourth year BS Social Work student.

She also scored the increase in the fees as additional burden for their parents.

“Not all students in Ateneo are rich; there are students who cannot afford it anymore. Every year, tuition and other fees increase along with skyrocketing prices of basic commodities while our parents’ salaries remain the same,” Monteverde lamented.

 

Commercialization

In a study released by Kabataan Partylist last February 2016, it was revealed that both tuition rates and profits of private universities have almost doubled during the previous Aquino government.

The youth group also denounced CHED’s approval of increases in tuition and other school fees, stating that it reinforced the “commercialized orientation of education” in the country.

“For sure, the fee hikes will impact students enrolled in these schools, who are already shouldering the high costs of tuition and other redundant and dubious fees, notwithstanding other expenses related to their education,” said Kabataan Partylist Rep. Sarah Elago. (davaotoday.com)

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