ID F(r)ee As per his recent appointment as the new University President, Dr. Mario R. Briones, directed the change of signatories on identification cards (IDs) of both faculty and students—this was announced on the opening of the school year. Given priority were the freshmen who received their new IDs free of charge; however, old students on their queue to receive their own flinched at knowing the Php 150 payment.
medical and dental fees, cultural fees and other similar or related fees. The students hereby assumed about zero expense while they study in a state university like ours.
The University administration’s response was clear: These old students, pertaining the second year and above, already guaranteed their free cost to ID during the first year they applied in free education; simply speaking, the allocated fund was Believing that the cost of ID is in the now used up on their former ID. list of fees assessment, which in fact, was Written further on Section 6 of the answered by the government’s free educa- tion program, baffled students now ques- law are the exceptions to free tertiary education which enlists the students who are tion the basis for such billing. ineligible to avail of the said privilege. Free Defined on Section 3 of the Repub- tuition is only available to first-time college lic Act 10931 also known as the “Universal students. This also means that second deAccess to Quality Tertiary Education Act,” gree takers or postgraduate studies are not other school fees refers to fees charges by exempted from paying. HEIs (higher education institutions) and It is henceforth illogical pointing out technical-vocational institutions which cover other necessary costs supportive of the fault to the students or the admin; it is instructions, specifically the following: li- never of anyone’s responsibility why that brary fees, computer fees, laboratory fees, was. This is mere coincidence that students school ID fees, athletic fees, admission fees, are prompted to pay for the change of ID as development fees, guidance fees, hand- the bestowal of position upon the President book fees, entrance fees, registration fees, was pronounced. ****
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