To enhance the quality of education and improve the schools’ facilities, the Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA) on Thursday insisted that “tuition hike is inevitable” especially for private schools.
Eight out of the 17 private schools, colleges and universities in this city were allowed by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in Zamboanga peninsula (Region 9) to increase their respective tuition fees effective school year 2013-2014.
Some private universities and colleges in Cebu will be implementing tuition increases from 5 percent to 10 percent for the coming school year this June.
The Commission on Higher Education has advised private schools against increasing tuition and commended a moratorium on increases imposed in state universities and colleges, officials said on Monday.
A TOTAL of 30 private higher education schools in Western Visayas will increase their tuition and other school fees by nine percent as approved by the Commission on Higher Education (Ched).