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A Century's Worth
Brief History of Tuition and Other Fee Increases (TOFI)
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
| Earnings from Students in the previous years |
| (in thousand pesos) |
2003 |
2004 |
Projected 2005 |
| Income from tuition |
340,357 |
341,226 |
341,826 |
| Other income from students |
37,410 |
35,859 |
35,950 |
| Subtotal: Generated from Students |
377,677 |
377,085 |
377,776 |
| Total: Internally generated income |
1,007,630 |
950,234 |
950,234 |
Source: General Appropriations Act 2004 |
2004
- UP President Emerlinda Roman organized the 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 2, 2006
- De Dios committee report was released, pushing for the increase in tuition, miscellaneous fees and creation of new charges
- Increase in tuition will yield P53.7 million additional income per semester for UP, from each freshman enrolling
- If tuition is imposed on all year levels, this will yield P429.6 million annual income for UP, from tuition alone
October 1, 2006
- President Emerlinda Roman (Philippine Daily Inquirer):
“…there was nothing in the law that said 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.”
Summary of the De Dios Report |
| To increase in undergraduate tuition |
P300 to P1000/unit (Diliman, Los Baños and Manila) |
| P200 to P600 (Baguio, Visayas and Mindanao) |
| To increase the miscellaneous fees |
P615 to P2000 in Diliman |
| P515 to P2000 in Los Baños |
| P565 to P1950 in Manila |
| P535 to P1405 in Baguio |
| P595 to P1405 in Visayas |
| P830 to P1630 in Mindanao |
| To impose new charges (Internet fee and Energy fee), derived from charges imposed by private universities |
| To change from nine to only 5 STFAP brackets |
| To impose the increase in tuition for incoming freshmen to avoid consulting the present students enrolled |
| Regularize the increase in tuition by means of repeated “adjustments” in accordance with the inflation rate every 3 years |
October 2006
- Board of Regents (BOR) approved extensive increase of lab fees
- 3 new lab fees and 25 new increases, all of which were not properly conferred with the students
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