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I watched the primetime news today and one hot issue is the proposed tuition hike in the Polytechnic University of the Philippines where the main campus is located at Sta. Mesa, Manila. PUP is one of the popular state universities in the Philippines that caters to poor but deserving college students.
I oppose the plan to increase the tuition in said university (or in any state college and university for that matter) because it will deprive even more those who are already deprived of many things. Education is a basic right, regardless of one's social status. The state has the duty, as the Constitution dictates, to provide quality education with no discrimination.
It saddens me that education in the country, aside from its apparent deterioration, is also being commercialized now. Few years ago, the government did it to the University of the Philippines. They increased the tuition from P300/unit to P1,000/unit and yes they succeeded. It is really a burden paying high tuition. I am speaking based on personal experience because when i enrolled in UP last November 2009 I paid P2,000 per unit for my masteral subjects. For two subjects alone, P12,000 na agad plus the miscellaneous fees.
Now, it's PUP that is on the line; from P12/unit to P200/unit, that is the proposal. I hope it won't push through especially with the strong opposition from the students. To all students out there, wag tayong papayag na muli silang magtagumpay.
NO TO TUITION HIKE!
I oppose the plan to increase the tuition in said university (or in any state college and university for that matter) because it will deprive even more those who are already deprived of many things. Education is a basic right, regardless of one's social status. The state has the duty, as the Constitution dictates, to provide quality education with no discrimination.
It saddens me that education in the country, aside from its apparent deterioration, is also being commercialized now. Few years ago, the government did it to the University of the Philippines. They increased the tuition from P300/unit to P1,000/unit and yes they succeeded. It is really a burden paying high tuition. I am speaking based on personal experience because when i enrolled in UP last November 2009 I paid P2,000 per unit for my masteral subjects. For two subjects alone, P12,000 na agad plus the miscellaneous fees.
Now, it's PUP that is on the line; from P12/unit to P200/unit, that is the proposal. I hope it won't push through especially with the strong opposition from the students. To all students out there, wag tayong papayag na muli silang magtagumpay.
NO TO TUITION HIKE!
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