Monday, January 16, 2012

Davao students protest new hike in school fees

1. When the consultation is failed the misunderstanding is dominated. 
2. Education in Mindanao is expensive.
DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Jan. 16, 2012) – Various Filipino youth groups protested the proposed increase in tuition fees of the Brokenshire College of Davao in Mindanao.

The protesters said the school is set to increase its tuition fees 200% despite its being a non-stock, non-profit academic institution.

Christian dela Cruz, prime minister of the Supreme Student Council of Brokenshire College, said that the proposal did not undergo genuine consultation as the administrators failed to provide the students with the official financial statement of the school. 

He said they never had the chance to study the proposal. “It was never a consultation. It was more of a presentation of their plans,” Dela Cruz said.

Krista Melgarejo, vice president for Mindanao of the National Union of Students of the Philippines, said last year, more than 10,000 students, along with their professors and administrators marched the streets to call for higher state subsidy in education. 

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