Metro Manila will have the most number of private universities and colleges to increase their tuition in June, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said, adding that it already approved fee hikes for 256 schools nationwide.
Higher tuition will be charged in 67 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Metro Manila, followed by 41 in Region XI (Davao Region), and 36 in Region IV-A (Calabarzon), the Commission said.
The Commission added that 30 schools have been allowed to impose increased tuition in Region VI (Western Visayas), 28 in Region III (Central Luzon), and 16 in Region V (Bicol), 15 in Region X (Northern Mindanao), and 14 in Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula).
Tuition fee increases have also been approved for 12 schools in both Region VII (Central Visayas) and Region XII (SOCCSKSARGEN), 7 in Region I (Ilocos), and six each in the Cordillera Administrative Region and CARAGA.
Five schools in Region IV-B (MIMAROPA) and two in Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) were also allowed to impose higher tuition, the body said.
Increase in tuition ranges from seven percent up to 15 percent.
Schools in Region II are reported to have the highest percent of increase at 15 percent, followed by CARAGA (13 percent); Region 1 (12 percent); Regions XI and V with 11 percent; Region 3 (10 percent); NCR, Regions VI, VII, VIII, and IX (9 percent); Regions IVA and CAR (8 percent) and Region XI (7 percent).
The number of schools that have sought--and eventually secured approval to hike fees--is lower, compared to last year’s 324 HEIs, CHED said.
These schools comprise "roughly only 10 percent" of the 2,247 HEIs nationwide, including in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
source: interaksyon.com
