DepEd OKs tuition hike in 170 NCR schools

The Department of Education (DepEd) granted the application for tuition increase

of 170 private schools in the National Capital Region (NCR) this coming school year.

This number is lower compared to last year’s 183 private schools which were allowed to hike their tuition.

Data provided by NCR Officer-InCharge Wilfredo Cabral showed that in the Division of Manila, 36 schools were allowed to increase tuition; in Quezon City – 51; in Pasay City – three (3); in Caloocan City – five (5); in Mandaluyong - six (6); in Marikina City – 11; in Makati – six (6); in Pasig City – 14; in Parañaque City – five (5); in Las Piñas City – six (6); in Valenzuela City – five (5); in Malabon City – two (2); in Taguig/ Pateros – eight (8); in Muntinlupa City – five (5) and in San Juan City – seven (7).

No school was allowed to hike tuition in Navotas.

The DepEd Central Office has yet to consolidate the total number of private schools nationwide whose applications for a tuition increase were granted.

In school year (SY) 2017-2018, the DepEd said a total of 1,013 of the 12,890 private schools were allowed to implement tuition increase nationwide.

The number includes schools in 17 regions but not those in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

Earlier, Education Secretary Leonor Briones said schools that are allowed to increase tuition have to undergo “steps to ensure that the increase is reasonable and in accordance with DepEd guidelines which state that 70 percent of the increase must go to teachers’ salaries.”