The budget of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, the biggest state university in the country with 20 campuses and a population of 65,000 students, has been slashed by P24 million ($544 thousand) or by 20.53 percent in its MOOE.
There is also no budget allocated for Capital Outlay, which would supposedly be used in acquiring much-needed equipment and construction of facilities for next school year.
No More Rooms
In a study conducted by Kabataan Partylist, 36 percent of the total college student population are in SCUs. This is way higher than in 1980 or in 1994, wherein the student population in SUCs constitute only 10 percent and 21 percent, respectively.
The NUSP, a founding member of Kabataan Partylist, observed that trends in enrollment show that more students studying in private schools are dropping out to study in SCUs. “The problem is that there are no more rooms in state schools either,” Recedes said, adding that the annual budget cuts have forced SCUs to implement enrollment quotas and/or to increase tuition.
Challenge
This September, students have vowed to actively call on the members of the House of Representatives to oppose Aquino’s budget cuts on education by conducting protest actions, adding that it disgusts the students more with the seemingly “prioritization of debt-servicing over basic services.”
Aside from debt-servicing, the Department of National Defense also received a big chunk of the 2011 budget with an increase from P96.2 billion ($2.18 million) to P104.7 billion ($2.37 million). The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) also received an additional P10 billion ($226.76 million) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) receiving P6.6 billion ($149.66 million) more.
Students called on to the Congress to “re-channel the budget for debt payments, military and corruption-prone items to education” instead.
Palatino, who has earlier filed House Bill 1962 that aims to put a stop to automatic appropriations for debt servicing, said the budget for education should be at least six percent of the Gross Domestic Product, as required by the United Nations.
“The issue of poor public spending in education poses a great challenge for the youth to bravely counter the moves of President Aquino of reducing the budget for state universities and colleges,” Palatino said. (Bulatlat.com)
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may I just asked if what are the reasons of the government in decreasing the budget for SUCs in our country? I can’t find the real motive why did they do that. thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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.. this cut-off sounds so bad!!
dahil sah budget cut maraming kabataan ang natigil xah pag-aaral. say no to budget cut…
@youSHOULDbeAWARE
tama ka,…gawin mang 10 years sa lahat ng level,.kung yung quality ng education ay mababa,..wala ding silbi..
wala pa ngang budget cut nahihirapan na,.how much more with the presence of budget cut???that’s why i can’t blame if some students choose to be rebels,with the present situation of Phil. gov’t,.where in more plans SUCKS..i can’t blame those who prefer to be anti-gov’t…..
grabe na!sobra na!consistent budget cut from the past decade..is this the promise of better and accessible education of the aquino regime? pinapahirapan nila ang mga iskolar ng bayan! ang mga buwaya at gahamang opisyal ng pamahalaan,lumalangoy sa pera! Hindi sapat ang mga IGP ng mga SUCs to support the expenses ng isang university..
to Mr.Aquino: THINK! RE-ASSESS! SAYANG ANG TIWALA NG TAONG BAYAN SA’YO!
@informed opinion
dre, sa tingin mo magkakaroon ng IGP ang UP at iba pang university kung sapat ang binibigay na budget ng gobyerno? ikaw ata ang kailangang mag-isip eh, ikaw ang nagmumukhang tanga. better shut up you rightist who says such ridiculous things while not even knowing the current situation of the philippine education.
@roland
dre, nakakabobo sagot mo ah. isipin mo nga, kailangang bang isakripisyo ang tertiary education para sa primary at secondary education, or simply for the so called k+12? if you agree with that, then i’ll roll on the floor while laughing. bakit kailangang magsakripisyo ha? eh ang tertiary education ang nagproproduce ng mga professionals, so pag nabawasan ang suporta sa tertiary education, mataas ang probability na dadami ang mga drop-outs dahil walang pang tuition, thus mas mababawasan ang mga professionals ng Pilipinas. so in other words, puro man power nalang ang Pilipinas, at malabong makakayanan pa ng Pilipinas na makipagsabayan sa ibang bansa sa mga darating na taon kung ganoon ang mangyayari. at isa pang dahilan kung bakit hindi naman kailangan ang k+12 eh dahil kung ang sistema ng pagtuturo, kung ang kalidad ng edukasyong ibibigay ay sobrang baba, abay kahit na dalawampung taon ka pang mag-aral ng high school eh wala ka paring mapapala.
mag-isip naman kayo ng mas magandang paraan ng pagsuporta sa budget cut kuung gusto niyong magpost. pinapahiya niyo sarili niyo eh. akala niyo kung sino kayong mga mayayaman na afford na afford ang kahit sobrang mahal na tuition.
LIBRO hindi BALA!!! EDUKAYON hindi GYERA. NO to budget cuts!!!
mukhang mas masarap mabuhay dito sa middle east. walang tax! walang kung anu-anong fees imposed by the govt. ang lalawak ng mga kalsada at walang toll fee. mura ang petrolyo, lpg, kuryente't tubig, gulay at higit sa lahat chocolates. hay naku. saan ba ang tamang daan na ipinangako? obama at aquino? parehong paasa lamang!
budget for education was slashed because most state universities and colleges were already given IGPs or income generating projects. UP has the ayala technohubs, PUP has an incubation call center, some lease the stalls in their vast space, etc etc. I hope militant student research muna before they conduct mass actions kasi napapahiya lang sila. ako nga natatawa sa kanila. nagmumukhang idiot lang
If they cut the state universities' budgets, the essence of being a "state" university is lost. I am a student from the University of the Philippines and I am greatly helped by lower tuition fees and high quality education as compared to the other schools in my place. If a great amount of budget is cut, then most of us would probably drop out. Great minds who are underprivileged will be cut off from real education that is absent in other expensive tuitioned schools. And instead of making great leaders, we will have the rich capitalists richer, making more corrupt individuals who never even experienced how it is to be in poverty. They'll only benefit those like them and neglect the needs of the masses.
Higher transit fees, higher toll fees, cuts in education, continuation of Oplan Bantay Laya, reductions in the judiciary budget—looks to me like rougher times ahead for most people. And who better to bring this on than somebody that seems more trustworthy than other aspirers to lead this country? So, the sacrifice would come from ordinary folks, as Pnoy leads us to the promise land of more private sector investments. Just as working class Americans feel the pain of budget cuts, as Obama, “the chosen one,” leads the U.S. out of its economic doldrums. What a deft move! Welcome to the future of more surplus value of labor in the pockets of capitalists. And they ain’t giving it back when times get better. That’s the game plan—squeeze them more!
Im sure this budget cut is for the 12 year basic education…we should not value this as rough.Haven't you aware of prioritizing?For a government to effectively implement a project they need to sacrifice some things.In this case P'Noys' move is a great help for the Philippines hoped progress.By having basic education strengthen helps a lot of Filipino citizens to be more capable of various works.Thus, Philippines will hand success.
This is only good for those who can afford a higher tuition fees. Imagine there are over 3 million Filipino families whose suffering from the government's corrupt leaders or in short, poverty. How can an accessible and quality education be attain if these happens? This plan is only driving poor Filipino families in emptiness, more burdens, to work harder and harder yet our government is making this accessible and quality education a business. Squeezing more money from the poor. In conclusion, this plan SUCKS!!!
Think deeper Mr. President. don't put yourself in shame!