The author is Ma. Monica M. Wong, a fourth year student taking up Philippine Studies at the College of Arts and Letters in UP Diliman.
She is a creative writing major also taking up journalism as a minor course. She believes that all the drama in the world is just misplaced energy.
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NEWS IN PERSPECTIVE
Ma. Monica Wong
Metro Manila, Philippines
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by Monica Wong
1989
--STFAP was introduced
--Effect: UP almost had the same tuition ((P300/unit) with that of Ateneo (P327.50) and DLSU (P329/unit)
2004
--Surfacing of 18 new lab fees
--1 new lab fee increased in charge
2004
--UP President Emerlinda Roman organized tthe De Dios Committee, headed by Prof Emmanuel de Dios, to study the condition of tuition in UP
--45 new lab fees
--37 of which increased in charge
March 26, 2006
--De Dios committee report was released, ppushing for the increase in tuition, miscellaneous fees and creation of new charges
--Increase in tuition will yield P53.7 milllion additional income per semester for UP, from each freshman enrolling
--If tuition is imposed on all year levelss, this will yield P429.6 million annual income for UP, from tuition alone
October 1, 2006
--President Emerlinda Roman (Philippine Daaily Inquirer):
--"…there was nothing in the law that ssaid the government should provide a free college education, and warned that all other state colleges may end up following UP's example because of the government's fiscal crisis."
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