Dialogue with Asst. Prof. Richard Philip Gonzalo (the official in charge of revising UP’s tuition programs) on STFAP and other tuition policies on 21 March 2013 at Malcolm Hall 307, UP College of Law.
Photo by JC Tejano (@jctejano on Instagram).
UP ALYANSA, BUKLURAN UP System, and other youth and student groups forward its position paper on the university's STFAP and other tuition policies to the UP Board of Regents, UP President Alfredo Pascual, the UPD Office of Scholarships and Student Services (OSSS), and Asst. Prof. Richard Philip Gonzalo (the official in charge of revising UP’s tuition programs).
ALYANSA and BUKLURAN's policy recommendations include the following:
- Repeal of Article 330 of the University Code, or the "no pay, no admission" rule
- Transparency in the STFAP by explaining to students in writing how their brackets were assigned
- Flexibility by reducing the proposed two-year bracket renewal period to one year
- Online STFAP application with the submission of electronic, instead of physical, documents for verification
- Equal application of STFAP bracketing for second-degree and graduate students without hiking tuition levels
- Yearly review of the STFAP by the admin and students
- Mode of payment in installments
- Deferred payment option without interest
- 100% tuition coverage of the existing student loans program
- Transportation allowance for UPCAT passers from distant areas
READ OUR POSITION PAPER IN FULL AT http://bit.ly/Z2Kxyc.
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