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POSITION PAPER OF THE ALL-UP
ACADEMIC UNION ON THE
PROPOSED INCREASE IN TUITION AND MISCELLANEOUS FEES
The UP Ad-hoc committee to review tuition
and other fees (composed of Emmanuel de Dios ,chairman, Rene P. Felix and
Helen S. Valderama) have submitted its 17-page final report to the BOR
proposing an increase of tuition and miscellaneous fees for incoming
freshmen for the year 2006-2007. The increases, however, may be implemented
in the academic year 2007-2008 if approved by the BOR. The proposed increase
in tuition fees is as follows:
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Table 1(Table
9 of the report) |
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Tuition-fee discounts by bracket and campus-group |
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(in pesos per credit-unit) |
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Bracket |
Group 1 |
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Group 11 |
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A |
0 |
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0 |
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B |
300 |
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200 |
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C |
600 |
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400 |
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D |
1,000 |
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600 |
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E |
1,500 |
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1,000 |
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Group 1: Diliman, Manila, Los Banos |
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Group 11: Baguio, Visayas, Mindanao |
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The current bracketing of students under
STFAP is given below:
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Table 2:
(Table 1 of report) |
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STFAP brackets and applicable |
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tuition-fee discounts(in pesos per credit-unit) |
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Bracket |
Family income |
Tuition fee |
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Applicable tuition |
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in
urban areas |
discount |
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fee* |
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(pesos) |
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(percent) |
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(pesos) |
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1 |
0-45,000 |
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100 |
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0 |
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2 |
45,001-55,000 |
100 |
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0 |
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3 |
55,001-65,000 |
100 |
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0 |
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4 |
65,001-80,000 |
100 |
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0 |
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5 |
80,001-130,000 |
100 |
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0 |
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6 |
130,001-170,000 |
75 |
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75 |
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7 |
170,000-210,000 |
50 |
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150 |
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8 |
210,001-250,000 |
25 |
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225 |
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9 |
250,001 and above |
0 |
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300 |
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Source: UP STFAP-Bulletin(2001) |
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*Rates for UP Diliman |
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The new bracketing (Table 1) is based on
the self-reporting of family incomes by incoming freshmen for the year 2004’
as culled by the UP Office of Admission. This is presented in Table 10 in
the report, classifying incomes of entering freshmen in 2004 according to
deciles as compared to those of FIES(Family Income and Expenditure Survey).
Table 3:(Table 10 of repot)
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Family-income distribution by decile: entering UP freshmen 2004 |
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and all households 2003 |
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(in thousands of pesos per annum) |
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Entering freshmen |
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National |
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Decile |
Income |
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Average |
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Average |
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Average |
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Maximum* |
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Income** |
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Income |
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Expenditure |
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A |
Poorest |
36,000 |
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13,511 |
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26,467 |
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28,588 |
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Second |
65,000 |
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52,188 |
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42,354 |
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43,556 |
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B |
Third |
98,169 |
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80,609 |
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55,052 |
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55,096 |
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Fourth |
135,140 |
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116,216 |
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68,863 |
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66,147 |
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Fifth |
182,239 |
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159,687 |
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85,391 |
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80,204 |
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C |
Sixth |
247,264 |
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215,473 |
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106,029 |
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98,701 |
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Seventh |
340,000 |
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288,047 |
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134,473 |
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120,972 |
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