Taas matrikula kinondena

KINONDENA ng Kabataan Partylist ang pagpayag ng Department of Education na magtaas ng matrikula ang maraming pribadong eskuwelahan sa Kamaynilaan. Ayon kay Kabataan Rep. Sarah Elago 170 paaralan sa elementarya at high school ang pinayagan na magtaas ng matrikula. Sa mga eskuwelahang ito 36 ang nasa Maynila at 51 sa Quezon City. “Note that this is in NCR alone where the biggest private schools operate. DepEd says, it wants to ensure that tuition in private schools is not exorbitant. But why has it allowed tuition to go up way over and beyond the inflation rate? Cost of tuition and other school fees skyrocketed to as steep as 15 percent this year,” ani Elago. Noong nakaraang taon, 1,013 ang pinapayagan ng DepEd na magtaas ng matrikula kay Elago. Bukod pa umano ito sa 268 tertiary school na pinayagan ng Commission on Higher Education. “While CHED has yet to release a list of approved hikes, students have reported that proposed hikes were already reflected in their enrolment assessment forms for the upcoming year.” Sinabi ni Elago an daragdag sa pahirap na dala ng Tax Reform Acceleration and Inclusion ang pagtataas ng matrikula. “At this point, there can be no reasonable, no justified increases. Despite massive protests calling to stop tuition and other school fees, DepEd and CHED have remained deaf and inutile. In fact, Deped and CHED have yet to address profiteering in education,” ani Elago.