It's status quo for state university tuition
ROXAS CITY – The supposed increase in the tuition fees of Capiz State University (CapSU) for this school year has been frozen.
The status quo of tuition fee this year by CapSU came after President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo made a directive to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to freeze all tuition fee increases in the 110 state-run colleges and universities nationwide.
This is to help students and parents cope with the global rise in oil and food prices, the President said, adding that the freeze on tuition fees would greatly help ease the financial burden of students and their parents.
Dr. Editha Magallanes, CapSU Vice President for Finance and Administration, said that before the directive of the President, they are about to implement a tuition fee hike for incoming freshmen college students only.
However, with this development, they will reconsider any plan of tuition fee increase, Magallanes said.
President Arroyo said during the command conference with education officials that "shelving tuition fee increases in SUCs and private institutions of learning would also help reduce the college dropout rate and set off an environment conducive to quality tertiary education for all."
Aside from the SUCs, the President has directed the CHED to communicate her appeal to private higher education institutions to reconsider and freeze plans to increase tuition fees and other fees this school year.
An estimated 21.66 million enrollees are expected to troop to the various schools nationwide when classes open on June 10. (PIA/Jemin B. Guillermo)