Student’s death intensifies call for mass promotion
“May this serve as a wake-up call to the Commission on Higher Education and the national government.”
Student’s death intensifies call for mass promotion
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#AyokoMagmahal | Students protest impending tuition hikes
#AyokoMagmahal | Students protest impending tuition hikes
“We recognize that achieving quality education is not easy and entails a lot of resources. But, using this as a reason for the yearly increase in tuition fee can be unjust.”
Students score Ched for skyrocketing tuition, other fees
Students score Ched for skyrocketing tuition, other fees
The average tuition in the National Capital Region (NCR) ranges from P20,600 ($472) to P36,650 ($841) for 21 units. The rates of increase are 3.5 to 10 percent in tuition and 300-percent in miscellaneous fees.
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Youth groups storm Malacañang to protest tuition hike
Youth groups storm Malacañang to protest tuition hike
MANILA – A rally of youth groups lead by Gabriela-Youth was violently dispersed by the Manila police and members of the Presidential Security Group (PSG) as they held protest action outside the Malacañang Palace on Thursday, March 6. The protest was joined by the...
Reject tuition hikes, Commission on Higher Education urged
Reject tuition hikes, Commission on Higher Education urged
BAGUIO CITY -- The National Union of Students of the Philippines Baguio-Benguet chapter (NUSP-BB) called on the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) to seriously consider not allowing increases in tuition and other fees. NUSP spokeswoman Cielo Marie Bayson said...
Students slam new round of hikes in tuition, other fees
Students slam new round of hikes in tuition, other fees
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“It is heartbreaking when so many young people are denied the right to education simply because it has become out of reach due to the high fees.” – National Union of Students in the Philippines
Sidebar: ‘Commission on Higher Education toothless in regulating tuition, other fees’
‘Commission on Higher Education toothless in regulating tuition, other fees’
‘Commission on Higher Education toothless in regulating tuition, other fees’
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com Main Story: Students slam new round of hikes in tuition, other fees MANILA – Amid the skyrocketing tuition and other fees, youth groups criticized the Commission on Higher Education (Ched) for “being inutile and useless.”...
Ilocos Sur students celebrate Valentine’s by fighting for rights
Ilocos Sur students celebrate Valentine’s by fighting for rights
By JOAN GARCIA Bulatlat.com ILOCOS Sur -- As couples around the world celebrated Valentine’s Day, students from Ilocos Sur led by the National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP)- Ilocos Sur, Anakbayan- Ilocos Sur and Kabataan Partylist called for a...
Aquino government neglects country’s tertiary education; tuition hikes reach up to 103 percent in the NCR
Aquino government neglects country’s tertiary education; tuition hikes reach up to 103 percent in the NCR
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
According to the study made by the NUSP, since 2001, the national average tuition rate per unit increased by 94.72 percent. From the average of P257.41 per unit in A.Y. 2001-2002, the average tuition rate almost doubled to P501.22 for A.Y. 2010-2011. Meanwhile, in the National Capital Region where most universities and colleges are located, average tuition rate increased by 102.7 percent.
Ilocos SUC Joins Protest vs Budget Cut
Ilocos SUC Joins Protest vs Budget Cut
By Northern Dispatch ?Posted by Bulatlat VIGAN CITY--Around 2,000 students, administration staff, faculty members and other school personnel of the University of Northern Philippines (UNP) joined the protest action against budget cuts beginning December 1. ?...
Cordillera Youth Resent Aquino Whitewash of Budget Cut
Cordillera Youth Resent Aquino Whitewash of Budget Cut
By Northern Dispatch ?Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY -- The Cordillera youth are disgusted with the Aquino administration’s efforts to white-wash the 1.9B budget cut on state universities and colleges in the 2011 national budget. Now, more and more students,...
Students gear up for protests against budget cut to education
Students gear up for protests against budget cut to education
Students gear up for mobilizations in Congress for the national budget deliberations to protest the scant budget allotted for basic social services and staggering budget cut to State Universities and Colleges (SUCs). In the proposed 2011 National Budget, there will...
Youth Groups Challenge Noynoy to be an ‘Education President’
Youth Groups Challenge Noynoy to be an ‘Education President’
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
”For so many years, the government has failed to regulate tuition increases because of the Education Act of 1991 which grants free rein to school-owners to hike their tuition, consistent with the policy of deregulation," said Rep. Raymond Palatino of Kabataan Party.
Students, Youth Groups Expose School Violations of CHED Order
Students, Youth Groups Expose School Violations of CHED Order
Press Release March 23, 2010 Christian Rosler Esturco, a 3rd year AB Legal Studies student from Lyceum University, is one among the many students nationwide barred from taking their exams due to pending arrears. He received failing marks in his subjects last year...
Youth Group Challenges Presidentiables to Take Stand vs PUP Tuition Hike, Uphold Education Agenda
Youth Group Challenges Presidentiables to Take Stand vs PUP Tuition Hike, Uphold Education Agenda
MEDIA RELEASE March 20, 2010 Youth organizations led by Kabataan Partylist today challenged presidential aspirants to take a stand against the impending 2,000 percent tuition increase in the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP). There is a pending...
NUSP to CHED: Pass Tuition Moratorium or Stop Existing
NUSP to CHED: Pass Tuition Moratorium or Stop Existing
NEWS RELEASE March 1, 2010 The National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP), together with Kabataan Partylist and students from different public and private schools, stormed CHED to protest against the wave of tuition and other fee increase for the next...
Eighteen Schools Still Violate Anti-‘No Permit, No Exam’ Policy
Eighteen Schools Still Violate Anti-‘No Permit, No Exam’ Policy
NEWS RELEASE February 27, 2010 Kabataan Partylist Executive Vice President Carl Marc Ramota today enumerated schools that are not implementing the Commission on Higher Education’s (CHED) anti-‘no permit, no exam’ policy memorandum. Ramota said that the list is...
National Student Leaders’ Confab Set in the North
National Student Leaders’ Confab Set in the North
By RODA TAJON Northern Dispatch Bulatlat.com VIGAN CITY— On the 52nd year of the National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) it will hold its National Students Congress for the first time at the heritage city of Ilocos Sur. On December 10 to 14, some 300...
Slideshow: Defiant Students Brave the Rain, Bomb Scare to Protest Cha-Cha
Slideshow: Defiant Students Brave the Rain, Bomb Scare to Protest Cha-Cha
Students Walk Out of Classes Vs Cha-Cha
Students Across the Philippines Walk Out of Classes to Protest Cha-Cha
Students Across the Philippines Walk Out of Classes to Protest Cha-Cha
Organizers said the July 10 walkout was a build-up to a much bigger protest action on President Arroyo's ninth and last State of the Nation Address in Congress on July 27. "The youth shall make sure that this shall really be Arroyo's last Sona," Alvin Peters of NUSP said. View slideshow
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