The soul of being a national university of the University of the Philippines, as mandated by Republic Act 9500 also known as the “UP Charter of 2008”, has been part of the surrealism being upheld here in this academic institution as the government continuously fails to perform its responsibility to the citizens in providing sufficient budget allocation for education.
With UP’s implementation of the 300% Tuition and Other Fee Increases (TOFI) last December 2006 and another storm of almost 700% TOFI last year in several undergraduate and graduate programs, the administration again reaffirms commercialization to education through its new proposal to implement increase to different fees on Physical Education courses.
In the proposal disseminated by UP Visayas Chancellor Minda Formacion with an attached copy of the excerpt from the minutes of the 256th meeting of the UP President’s Advisory Council held on November 16, 2009, it states: “The policy of not charging fees [tuition or laboratory] has given a rise to as situation where some constituent universities have had to look for other sources to maintain PE facilities and to purchase PE equipment and supplies [once the athletic fund] runs out]. The cost of maintaining PE Facilities and acquiring or replacing equipment and supplies keep on increasing and has therefore become a funding problem. It has affected the [quality] of teaching given the very limited facilities that are made available to the PE students.”
UP Visayas ‘proposed to charge P250.00 or P100.00 for selected PE courses’ and an increase of 81.82% increase in Athletics Fee, from P55.00/sem to P100/sem according to Memorandum No. 2010-03-23 issued by the Chancellor on March 8, 2010. It also states ‘the collections will be used solely to support the regular PE course offerings and to rehabilitate and maintain PE facilities and equipment and to purchase supplies such as balls and pool chemicals.’
The LEAGUE OF FILIPINO STUDENTS and KABATAAN PARTYLIST strongly oppose this proposal of the administration. There was no ‘due and comprehensive’ consultation with regards to the said proposal, as required by RA 9500 Section 13 (m).
Dr. Joy Lizada, Dean of College of Management in UP Visayas, conducted a ‘consultation’ but maximum student participation was not achieved because it was announced the day before the event, and Chancellor Formacion set the deadline on March 15 for the college to submit the result of the consultation. This shows that the administration is really rushing the implementation of the said proposal even without the participation of the students.
We register our strong opposition to the privatization and commercialization scheme of President Roman so as to generate additional budget for UP, even collaborating with the government in pursuing the commercialization of UP education, rather than assert and pushed for higher budgetary education. The Roman administration has been a staunch defender and implementer of government’s policies on education.
WE HAVE TOO MUCH OF TUITION FEE INCREASES FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.
We call on all constituents of this institution to forbid these anti-students policies of the university that seek to tolerate government’s negligence in providing basic social services to the people like that of education.
The University of the Philippines is owned by the people to serve and offer quality education to those who are financially unstable. We should not allow any form of commercialization inside this institution. The Constitution stipulates that 'the state shall promote and protect every Filipino's right to education at all levels'. We should remind this government in its forgotten responsibility. We should demand to the government greater investment in education.
OPPOSE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LABORATORY FEES FOR P.E. COURSES!
ROLLBACK TUITION NOW!
STOP COMMERCIALIZATION OF EDUCATION!
UPHOLD THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION!
U.P. FIGHT FOR GREATER STATE SUBSIDY!
With UP’s implementation of the 300% Tuition and Other Fee Increases (TOFI) last December 2006 and another storm of almost 700% TOFI last year in several undergraduate and graduate programs, the administration again reaffirms commercialization to education through its new proposal to implement increase to different fees on Physical Education courses.
In the proposal disseminated by UP Visayas Chancellor Minda Formacion with an attached copy of the excerpt from the minutes of the 256th meeting of the UP President’s Advisory Council held on November 16, 2009, it states: “The policy of not charging fees [tuition or laboratory] has given a rise to as situation where some constituent universities have had to look for other sources to maintain PE facilities and to purchase PE equipment and supplies [once the athletic fund] runs out]. The cost of maintaining PE Facilities and acquiring or replacing equipment and supplies keep on increasing and has therefore become a funding problem. It has affected the [quality] of teaching given the very limited facilities that are made available to the PE students.”
UP Visayas ‘proposed to charge P250.00 or P100.00 for selected PE courses’ and an increase of 81.82% increase in Athletics Fee, from P55.00/sem to P100/sem according to Memorandum No. 2010-03-23 issued by the Chancellor on March 8, 2010. It also states ‘the collections will be used solely to support the regular PE course offerings and to rehabilitate and maintain PE facilities and equipment and to purchase supplies such as balls and pool chemicals.’
The LEAGUE OF FILIPINO STUDENTS and KABATAAN PARTYLIST strongly oppose this proposal of the administration. There was no ‘due and comprehensive’ consultation with regards to the said proposal, as required by RA 9500 Section 13 (m).
Dr. Joy Lizada, Dean of College of Management in UP Visayas, conducted a ‘consultation’ but maximum student participation was not achieved because it was announced the day before the event, and Chancellor Formacion set the deadline on March 15 for the college to submit the result of the consultation. This shows that the administration is really rushing the implementation of the said proposal even without the participation of the students.
We register our strong opposition to the privatization and commercialization scheme of President Roman so as to generate additional budget for UP, even collaborating with the government in pursuing the commercialization of UP education, rather than assert and pushed for higher budgetary education. The Roman administration has been a staunch defender and implementer of government’s policies on education.
WE HAVE TOO MUCH OF TUITION FEE INCREASES FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.
We call on all constituents of this institution to forbid these anti-students policies of the university that seek to tolerate government’s negligence in providing basic social services to the people like that of education.
The University of the Philippines is owned by the people to serve and offer quality education to those who are financially unstable. We should not allow any form of commercialization inside this institution. The Constitution stipulates that 'the state shall promote and protect every Filipino's right to education at all levels'. We should remind this government in its forgotten responsibility. We should demand to the government greater investment in education.
OPPOSE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LABORATORY FEES FOR P.E. COURSES!
ROLLBACK TUITION NOW!
STOP COMMERCIALIZATION OF EDUCATION!
UPHOLD THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION!
U.P. FIGHT FOR GREATER STATE SUBSIDY!
LEAGUE OF FILIPINO STUDENTS
KABATAAN PARTYLIST
KABATAAN PARTYLIST
