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GSIS offers educational loan to members' kin

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 11 04:42 PM

The state pension fund Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has opened a P20-billion "study now, pay later" loan program for the college education of its members’ beneficiaries.  Read more »

CHED: Miscellaneous fees to cover flexible learning costs in private schools

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 04:19 PM

The Commission on Higher Education said Wednesday it would ask private colleges and universities to explain how existing miscellaneous fees would be used for costs associated with flexible learning. Read more »

'Why not lower tuition fees of students during pandemic?' lawmakers ask

Bettina Magsaysay, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 10 01:37 AM

Lawmakers on Thursday questioned educational agencies why schools can't lower their tuition fees considering that students will not be using all of their facilities this academic year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

GSIS to offer loan programs for tuition, purchase of computers

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 08 01:51 PM

The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) is set to launch two loan programs in the coming months to help Filipinos pay for tuition and buy buy computers for distance learning, the country's finance chief said Wednesday. Read more »

DepEd asks private schools to defer tuition hikes

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 25 12:58 PM

The Department of Education on Thursday appealed to private schools to defer increases in tuition and other fees for the coming school year due to financial constraints that parents and students may be facing due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

30 schools interested in ‘study now, pay later’ program: Duterte report

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 16 07:29 AM

Thirty private schools are interested in a “study now, pay later” program by the Land Bank of the Philippines, which aims to ensure the continued education of students during the coronavirus pandemic, President Rodrigo Duterte said in a report released Monday. Read more »

DepEd urged to offer 'flexible' tuition payment schemes

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 09 07:27 PM

Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Tuesday urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to come up with a "flexible payment" scheme for tuition and other fees this year as parents struggle to send children to school due to the coronavirus crisis. Read more »

CHED expects tuition hike in colleges, universities due to COVID-related revenue losses

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 09 11:37 AM

The Commission on Higher Education on Monday said it was expecting an increase in tuition and other fees in colleges and universities to offset revenue losses linked to the coronavirus crisis. Read more »

Landbank may alok na pautang para sa private schools

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 03 02:52 PM

Inihayag ngayong Miyerkoles ng Land Bank of the Philippines na patuloy pa rin silang tumatanggap ng aplikasyon mula sa mga pribadong paaralan para matulungan ang mga estudyanteng hirap magbayad ngayon ng tuition fee. Read more »

Duterte asks schools to allow 'staggered tuition payment' amid pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 29 01:06 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday asked schools to accept installment-form tuition payment from students amid the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

DepEd nagbabala sa mga private school na magtataas-singil ng tuition

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 28 09:01 PM

MAYNILA - Nilinaw ng Department of Education nitong Huwebes na hindi maaaring magtaas basta-basta ng tuition ang mga private school sa darating na school year. Read more »

La Salle says no tuition increase next academic year

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 21 05:47 PM

De La Salle University announced Thursday that it would not raise tuition and other fees for the next academic year as the school laid down plans to ensure the continued learning of its students while the country continued to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

UST to refund unused tuition due to COVID-19: report

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 07 12:20 PM

The University of Santo Tomas will refund unused tuition this school year after it was forced to stop classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by its official student paper.   Read more »

Private schools must justify tuition hike petitions amid lockdown: DepEd

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 22 01:15 AM

The Department of Education said Tuesday that private schools seeking to raise tuition fees due to the coronavirus lockdown need to justify their requests.   Read more »

CHED studying possible aid for children of COVID patients, OFWs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 20 08:13 PM

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is studying possible assistance that it could give children of coronavirus patients as well as those whose livelihood were affected by pandemic, the agency’s head said Monday. Read more »

Mga unibersidad posibleng magbawas ng mga trabahador: CHED chief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 07 07:57 PM

Posibleng magbawas ng mga empleyado ang mga unibersidad sakaling malugi ang mga ito bunsod ng COVID-19, sabi ngayong Martes ng tagapamuno ng Commission on Higher Education. Read more »

Universities told to defer tuition, other school fees during Luzon lockdown due to COVID-19

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 18 04:28 PM

The Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) appealed to private universities on Wednesday to provide assistance to students either by deferring the collection of fees after the 30-day quarantine period due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), suspending late payment penalties, and allowing payment on staggered basis. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 28, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 29 02:20 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Students slam ROTC, tuition hike

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 28 09:28 PM

A bus driver waits in traffic as students and other youth groups hold a protest in front of Far Eastern University in Manila after walking out of their classrooms on Friday.  Read more »

CHED: Wala pang naaprubahang tuition hike

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 26 09:12 PM

Nangangamba ang isang grupo ng mga estudyante sa umano ay nakaambang pagtaas ng matrikula sa ilang unibersidad at kolehiyo sa bansa sa susunod na school year. Read more »