Acknowledging the effect on the public of the incessant increase in prices of oil and food, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Monday announced that state universities and colleges will not increase their tuiions this school year.
In a statement, Arroyo also directed the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to tell private higher institutions to reconsider their plans to hike tuition and other fees for this school year.
Arroyo will preside over a command conference of the Department of Education at 1 p.m. at the department's main office in Pasig City.
No Tuition Hike This School Year
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