no to tuition fee increase!

the month of february is also the month for schools to post their intention to increase in school fees.

almost 150 schools in manila and hundreds of schools nationwide are to increase their school fees for the next school year.

it may be true that schools are affected by the global financial crisis but taking that as an excuse to increase the school fees does create nuance on how to view education in the philippines and how it is right now. it transforms into a perception that education becomes a privilege and not a right. education is a basic social need of a community and a tool against poverty especially among the low earning or non earning families.

a mother who struggles to sell her catched fish just to sustain the needs of the family and send his son in school.

a working student in the city who dreams of finishing his studies and help his family in the province.

these are the people whose dreams will be compromised in a depreciating educational system flocked by elites whose ambition is to earn more out of the crumbling dreams of those in need.

almost every year we hear news of schools increasing their fees.
and in those years we failed to listen to people's dream falling.