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Do we still hold the lowest tuition fees in College in Southeast Asia?
Before I could say we hold the lowest tuition fees in college in southeast asia but Idk if this is still true. Every foreigners before are enrolled in the medical field and engineering in the Philippines because they say we have the lowest tuition fees. A college student(Ms.tejada) committed suicide because she failed to pay the tuition fee at UP Manila equivalent to 10,000 pesos? DLSU has the highest per sem. of 40,000+ while the lowest which is PUP per unit is only 700 pesos. How could an average income family or the below average income family send their son/daughter to college with this kind of tuition fee. Only poor family can enroll at PUP, but not everyone is given an opportunity to enter PUP because of its quota, while only the rich can send their son/daughter at DLSU or ADMU. So what happen to those who earn only 150 pesos/day, how could they send their son/daughter to college? Unless they will go for 5/6. So where is our government role fit into this? The government should subsidize schools to enable the poor to send their son/daughter to college.
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- 7 years agoFavorite Answer
According to statistics from 2012, 28 percent of high school graduates could not attend college primarily due to high tuition fees. In order to respond to the peoples' demand for more government involvement, the bill "Iskolar ng Bayan Act of 2012" has been passed for students who have graduated among the top 10 in their class would receive scholarships. It's either that or get a job in jolliebee.
- 7 years ago
College education must equate with value and not cost; I am afraid a lot of education policy makers in the Philippines do not put emphasis on one versus the other. The church and state compete a lot in this segment in terms of the number of students enrolled. If you want quality education, cost becomes relative. to ones need and this could spiral. Private education in the country is dominated by religious-run colleges and universities where their tax-free status gives plenty of leverage. To answer your question, the cost here is still cheap by western standards however there is no way many among the population can afford them without government assistance.
