The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said on Thursday that some state universities and colleges (SUCs) have informed them of a possible tuition hike this year.
That’s as the five-year moratorium on tuition increase in SUCs has ended, according to CHED chairman Prospero de Vera III during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Higher, Technical and Vocational Education.
CHED said that they still have to coordinate with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to include the tuition adjustments in the national budget.
In April, the National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) appealed for a more “accessible education” amid the proposed tuition fee hikes of some schools.
NUSP spokesperson Joshua Aquiler said that the tuition and other fee increase (TOFI) that some universities want to pass and apply to the CHED ranges from 4% to almost 10%.
During the same month, members of the Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations of the Philippines (COCOPEA) also filed petitions for at least a 4% tuition hike due to inflation and the lingering effects of the pandemic. —Giselle Ombay/ VAL, GMA Integrated News
CHED: Tuition hike looming in state universities, colleges
Source: Balita News
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