CHED allows more than 300 colleges, universities to hike tuition

More than 300 private colleges and universities nationwide will increase their tuition this coming school year by about 8 percent, a report on GMA News' “24 Oras” said Tuesday.

According to the report, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has approved the application of 343 private colleges and universities for tuition increases.

“Out of 451 application, 343 institutions across the country ang eligible o pwedeng mag-increase ng kanilang tuition o school fees,” said CHED executive director Julito Vitriolo in the report.

“Lumalabas na ang average increase sa taon na ito [is] about 8.3 percent. Translated to peso [it's] less than P40 per unit,” he added.

For the school year 2012-2013, CHED allowed 222 colleges and universities to increase their tuition with an average of 10 percent, or about P41.52 per unit.

According to the television report, most of the private colleges and universities that will increase their tuition are in Metro Manila  and in Region IV – A (Calabarzon).

Meanwhile, the report noted that state colleges and universities are not subjected to tuition increases.

The Department of Education (DepEd) has earlier allowed 260 private elementary and secondary schools to increase their tuition by 5 to 15 percent for school year 2013-2014. — Rouchelle Dinglasan/KBK, GMA News