Commission on Higher Education to expand its scholarship programs

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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The requests for fee hikes filed by private educational institutes must adhere to the feedback and insight of all the stakeholders involved in the process, including teachers, students, parents and other staff members. Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said on Thursday that academic institutions will have to observe the true essence of compliance to the rules.

“We appeal to them and we hope that the increases that they have applied for have been reached in proper consultation with the parents, with the students, with the teachers, and that these increases must be, if necessary, reasonable. Let us work with the stakeholders to arrive at a solution or at a compromise that is acceptable to the public… we hope that it’s not just a surface compliance,” Valte said.

According to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the decision on the tuition increase applications is subject to review by the commission en banc and is expected to be announced by May 27. CHED has received applications from over 451 institutes.

On the bright side, CHED has confirmed that it plans to expand its scholarship programs to facilitate underprivileged students finish their college education. The Student’s Grants in Aid program for Poverty Alleviation will be associated with the Aquino administration’s Conditional Cash Transfer Program being implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development.