Palace admits it can’t totally stop tuition hike
02/23/2009 | 09:52 AM
MANILA, Philippines - Malacañang admitted Monday it cannot totally stop private schools from raising their tuition this coming school year.
Quoting an adage “there is no such thing as free lunch," Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said parents will have to pay more if they want to get "quality education," especially from private schools.
"Mabuti siguro maintindihan ng ating kababayan [It is better that the people understand], insofar as private education is concerned we also have to recognize the fact [that the] educational institutions also need to invest to ensure quality education. After all, quality education is not free...," he said in an interview on dzXL radio.
He said the government through the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) already made calls to private schools to hold any plans of a tuition hike.
Remonde said state colleges and universities will "definitely" heed the call to "hold back" any tuition hike.
Yet, he said the government also recognizes the private schools' need to "invest" for "quality education."
We also have to recognize that private colleges and universities will not arbitrarily increase tuition because under a free market system, they will lose students to other schools offering lower tuition, he added. - GMANews.TV
Quoting an adage “there is no such thing as free lunch," Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said parents will have to pay more if they want to get "quality education," especially from private schools.
"Mabuti siguro maintindihan ng ating kababayan [It is better that the people understand], insofar as private education is concerned we also have to recognize the fact [that the] educational institutions also need to invest to ensure quality education. After all, quality education is not free...," he said in an interview on dzXL radio.
He said the government through the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) already made calls to private schools to hold any plans of a tuition hike.
Remonde said state colleges and universities will "definitely" heed the call to "hold back" any tuition hike.
Yet, he said the government also recognizes the private schools' need to "invest" for "quality education."
We also have to recognize that private colleges and universities will not arbitrarily increase tuition because under a free market system, they will lose students to other schools offering lower tuition, he added. - GMANews.TV
