304 colleges to hike tuition, other fees

The Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) yesterday announced that 304 private higher education institutions (HEIs) have been given the go signal to increase tuition and other school fees for Academic Year (AY) 2016-2017. CHEd Chairperson Patricia Licuanan, in a statement said, the “average increase in tuition is 5.10 percent or the equivalent of P43.39 per unit, while increase in other school fees is 5.41 percent or P115.58.” CHEd approved the applications for tuition and other fees increase of the HEIs during its 471st Joint Management Committee and Commission en banc meeting. “Considering the total population of private HEIs, the average increase in tuition or other school fees is less than one percent (1%),” the Commission said. “These increases vary depending on the HEI and the region,” CHEd added. Data from CHEd showed that in regions with the highest number of HEIs, the “average per unit increase in tuition is P68.44 [...]