House okays proposal allowing studes with unpaid tuition to take exams By Gerry Baldo 05/18/2011

House okays proposal allowing studes with unpaid tuition to take exams

By Gerry Baldo 05/18/2011
Students who could not afford to pay their tuition in time for the mid-term and final examinations need not worry now that the House of Representatives has approved a proposal to impose sanctions on schools, colleges, and universities that require students to pay their tuition before taking the exams.

Aurora Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara, chairman of the House committee on higher and technological education, said the House has already approved in principle the proposal to protect students from tradition of “no permit, no exam” policies in colleges and vocational schools.

Angara said members of his panel are now preparing the committee report that will be submitted to the plenary for the approval for second reading. Once approved, schools will have no reason to bar a student not to take an exam on the basis of his or her non-payment of the tuition.

The bill, however, provides that unpaid tuition will be charged an interest of not more than six percent per annum..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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